An Inspector Calls (film)

An Inspector Calls is a 1954 film directed by Guy Hamilton and written for the screen by Desmond Davis. It is based upon the play of the same name by J.B. Priestley. It stars Alastair Sim.

An Inspector Calls was filmed at Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, under the auspices of the Watergate Productions Ltd.In the original play, the Inspectors name was Inspector Goole. An interesting fact for me is that in J.B. Priestleys play the surname of the eponymous Inspector is Goole whereas in the film his surname is Poole. This has been the source of a few heated debates on the net and, initially, I was slightly disappointed in this apparent misnomer myself. However, it seems to me, that on the written page, Goole can be used as the name of the protagonist without the reader making the immediate verbal connection to Ghoul. However, in the spoken word, Goole and Ghoul are the same and therefore the final denouement of the film may be anticipated by the audience and much of the suspense lost. Steve Hopley ........

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