Murder in the Cathedral (1951 film)

Murder in the Cathedral
Directed byGeorge Hoellering
Screenplay by
Based onMurder in the Cathedral
by T. S. Eliot
Produced byGeorge Hoellering
StarringFather John Groser
CinematographyDavid Kosky
Edited byAnne Allnatt
Music byLászló Lajtha
Production
company
Distributed byFilm Traders Ltd
Release dates
  • 1951 (1951) (Venice)
  • March 1952 (1952-03) (United Kingdom)
Running time
  • Original release:
  • 146 minutes[1]
  • 2015 re-release:
  • 114 minutes[2]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Murder in the Cathedral is a 1951 British drama film directed and produced by George Hoellering and co-written by Hoellering and T. S. Eliot based on Eliot's 1935 verse drama of the same name and starring Father John Groser.

The film competed at the 12th Venice International Film Festival and received the award for Best Production Design, given to Peter Pendrey.[3] It was released in the United Kingdom in 1952.[4]

  1. ^ "MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL (U)". British Board of Film Classification. 29 January 1952. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  2. ^ "MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL (PG)". British Board of Film Classification. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  3. ^ Lancia, Enrico (1998). I premi del cinema (in Italian). Gremese Editore. p. 304. ISBN 9788877422217.
  4. ^ "Murder in the Cathedral (1952)". Explore Film & TV. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 10 August 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2014.

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