The Harassed Hero
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| The Harassed Hero | |
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![](#/media/File:"The_Harassed_Hero"_(1954).jpg) Guy Middleton and Joan Winmill Brown | |
| Directed by | Maurice Elvey |
| Written by | Brock Williams |
| Based on | The Harassed Hero by Ernest Dudley |
| Produced by | Clive Nicholas |
| Starring | Guy Middleton Joan Winmill Brown Elwyn Brook-Jones |
| Cinematography | Hone Glendinning |
| Edited by | Anne Barker |
| Music by | Frank Chacksfield |
Production company | Corsair Pictures |
| Distributed by | Associated British-Pathé |
Release date |
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Running time | 61 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Harassed Hero is a 1954 British second feature ('B')[1] comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Guy Middleton, Joan Winmill Brown and Elwyn Brook-Jones.[2][3] It was based on the 1954 novel of the same title by Ernest Dudley.[4]
Wealthy hypochondriac (acute apprehension complex) bachelor Murray Selwyn has been ordered by his doctors to avoid stress, but finds himself face to face with a gang of counterfeiters. Murray has unwittingly come into possession of the printing plates the gang is after. His stress levels escalate further when Murray's nurse is kidnapped by the gang.
Cast
- Guy Middleton as Murray Selwyn
- Joan Winmill Brown as Nurse Brooks
- Elwyn Brook-Jones as Logan
- Mary Mackenzie as Estelle Logan
- Harold Goodwin as Twigg
- Joss Ambler as Dr. Grice
- Clive Morton as Detective Inspector Archer
- Hugh Moxey as Detective Sergeant Willis
- Stafford Byrne
- Gabrielle Brune
- Gaylord Cavallaro as Logan's henchman Ken
- Simone Lovell
- Alfred Maron as Logan's henchman Pearce
Production
The film was shot at Walton Studios and on location in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director John Stoll.