The File on Devlin

The File on Devlin is a 1969 American TV film for the Hallmark Hall of Fame, and was directed by George Schaefer. It was based on a novel by Catherine Gaskin.

Cast

  • Judith Anderson
  • Elizabeth Ashley
  • David McCallum
  • Helmut Dantine
  • Donald Moffatt

Production

The novel was published in 1965.[1]

George Schaefer had just directed the feature film Pendulum. He called the film "an old fashioned spy story with a mysterious disappearance, an old castle, dark corridors and secret passages, great fun."[2]

Elizabeth Ashley made it after having been retired for five years.[3] Rehearsals started in July 1969,[4] and it was mostly shot in the studio with two days location.[2]

Reception

One review called it "a thriller that thrilled indifferently."[5] The New York Times called it "an overstuffed, improbable bit of claptrap without suspense, wit or intelligence."[6]

References

  1. ^ The Red and the Green. By Iris Murdoch. The Sioux. By Irene Handl. All the Rest Have Died. By Bill Gunn. Nice Try. By Thomas Baird. The File on Devlin. By Catherin Gaskin. Pretty Tales for Tired People. By Martha Gellhorn. The Stronghold. By Meyer Levin (Book Review) GALLOWAY, DAVID D.... The Spectator; London Vol. 215, Iss. 7165, (Oct 22, 1965): 520.
  2. ^ a b Wheeler Dealer in Return to TV Smith, Cecil. Los Angeles Times 30 July 1969: d16.
  3. ^ Elizabeth Ashley Returns to Acting Los Angeles Times 21 Nov 1969: d25.
  4. ^ McCallum Set for TV Drama Los Angeles Times 18 July 1969: d16.
  5. ^ Viewing things By John Beaufort. The Christian Science Monitor 31 Jan 1970: 6.
  6. ^ TV: 'Mirror, Mirror' Is a Reflection on Success By GEORGE GENT. New York Times 22 Nov 1969: 75.

External links

  • File on Devlin at IMDb
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Films directed by George Schaefer
  • King Richard II (1954)
  • Macbeth (1954)
  • Cradle Song (1956)
  • Little Moon of Alban (1958)
  • Meet Me in St. Louis (1959)
  • Berkeley Square (1959)
  • A Doll's House (1959)
  • Macbeth (1960)
  • The Tempest (1960)
  • Cradle Song (1960)
  • Give Us Barabbas! (1961)
  • Time Remembered (1961)
  • Victoria Regina (1961)
  • Arsenic & Old Lace (1962)
  • The Magnificent Yankee (1965)
  • Inherit the Wind (1965)
  • Barefoot in Athens (1966)
  • Saint Joan (1967)
  • The Admirable Crichton (1968)
  • Elizabeth the Queen (1968)
  • Pendulum (1969)
  • The File on Devlin (1969)
  • Generation (1969)
  • Doctors' Wives (1971)
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles' (1974)
  • Once Upon a Scoundrel (1974)
  • Amelia Earhart (1976)
  • An Enemy of the People (1978)
  • First, You Cry (1978)
  • Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure (1979)
  • The Bunker (1981)
  • The People vs. Jean Harris (1981)
  • A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (1982)
  • Right of Way (1983)
  • Stone Pillow (1985)
  • Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (1986)
  • Laura Lansing Slept Here (1988)
  • The Man Upstairs (1992)
  • Harvey (1996)


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