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Come Back Peter (1952 film)

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Come Back Peter
Directed byCharles Saunders
Written byCharles Saunders
Based onPlay Come Back Peter by A. P. Dearsley[1]
Produced byCharles Reynolds
Starring
CinematographyTed Lloyd
Edited byMargery Saunders
Music byArthur Wilkinson
Production
company
Charles Reynolds Productions
Distributed byApex Film Distributors
Release date
  • November 1952 (1952-11)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Come Back Peter is a 1952 second feature[2] British comedy film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Patrick Holt, Peter Hammond and Humphrey Lestocq.[3] It was written by Saunders based on the play Come Back Peter by A. P. Dearsley. It was an independent picture by Charles Reynolds Productions.

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Critical reception

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The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A busy domestic comedy, angled to the housing shortage problem; it is high-spirited and obvious, and has plenty of clean and reasonably good fun."[4]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Light fun with lots of incident."[5]

TV Guide wrote: "Unmemorable comedy."[6]

Allmovie wrote "Some laughs, some tears, some pretzels, some beers. Come Back Peter went down easily in a brisk 80 minutes."[7]

References

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  1. ^ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 291. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
  3. ^ "Come Back Peter". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Come Back Peter". Monthly Film Bulletin. 19 (216): 109. 1 January 1952 – via ProQuest.
  5. ^ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 294. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.
  6. ^ "Come Back Peter | TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
  7. ^ "Come Back Peter (1952) - Charles Saunders | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
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