An Inspector Calls
1954 · Movie · 80 min · ★ 7.2 · 76% critics
During a wealthy family’s celebratory dinner, a police inspector arrives with news of a young woman’s suspicious death and begins questioning everyone at the table. As the night unfolds, the polite interrogation exposes tangled connections, buried guilt, and uncomfortable truths about privilege, responsibility, and what people owe to one another.
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Details
- Years
- 1954
- Release date
- 1954-03-16
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Critic score
- 76/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (108 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a tense, talky mystery with sharp social critique and a steadily tightening sense of guilt, in the vein of Time Without Pity; not for you if you need lots of action or clear-cut answers.
Pros: gripping moral mystery; strong central performance; tight, twisty pacing | Cons: stagey single-room feel; dated production style; message can feel didactic
Themes
- prostitute
- corruption
- department store
- fiancé
- based on play or musical
- scandal
- alcoholism
- engagement
- film noir
- black and white
- class differences
- super power
- +1 more
Cast & crew
Alastair Sim
as Inspector Poole
Olga Lindo
as Mrs. Sybil Birling
Arthur Young
as Mr. Arthur Birling
Brian Worth
as Gerald Croft
Eileen Moore
as Sheila Birling
Bryan Forbes
as Eric Birling
Jane Wenham
as Eva Smith
George Woodbridge
as Fish & Chip Shop Owner - Stanley
Barbara Everest
as Committee Member - Mrs. Lefson
- CS
Charles Saynor
as Police Officer - Arnold Ransom
Directed by Guy Hamilton