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Meet Maxwell Archer

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Meet Maxwell Archer
Original British trade ad
Directed byJohn Paddy Carstairs
Written byKatherine Strueby
Based onthe novel Archer Plus Twenty by Hugh Clevely
Produced byWilliam Sistrom
StarringJohn Loder
CinematographyClaude Friese-Greene
Edited byAlan Jaggs
Music byW.L. Trytel (uncredited)
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures (UK)
Release date
  • 17 February 1940 (1940-02-17) (UK)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Meet Maxwell Archer is a 1940 British mystery film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring John Loder, Leueen MacGrath and Athole Stewart.[1] The screenplay concerns a private detective who attempts to clear a man wrongly accused of murder. The film was based on the 1938 novel by Hugh Clevely.[2] It was released in the U.S. in 1942 as Maxwell Archer, Detective.[3]

Plot summary

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Maxwell Archer, a private detective, attempts to clear a young man wrongly accused of murder.

Cast

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Critical reception

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The film was coldly received. TV Guide wrote, "Oh where is Sherlock Holmes when you need him? Poorly made with a dopey script that gives the actors little room to breathe, let alone act."[4]

References

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  1. ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | MEET MAXWELL ARCHER (1939)". Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  2. ^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Maxwell Archer, Detective (1939) - John Paddy Carstairs - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
  4. ^ "Maxwell Archer, Detective".
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