A Matter of WHO

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A Matter of WHO
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Directed byDon Chaffey
Written byPatricia Lee
Paul Dickinson
Patricia Lee
Milton Holmes
Harold Buchman
Produced byMilton Holmes
Walter Shenson
StarringTerry-Thomas
Sonja Ziemann
Alex Nicol
Richard Briers
CinematographyErwin Hillier
Edited byFrank Clarke
Music byEdwin Astley
Production
company
Foray Productions
Distributed byMetro Goldwyn Mayer
Release date
  • 3 October 1961 (1961-10-03)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

A Matter of WHO is a 1961 British comedy thriller film directed by Don Chaffey and starring Terry-Thomas as a World Health Organization employee trying to trail the source of a deadly virus.[1] It also featured Julie Alexander, Sonja Ziemann, Alex Nicol, Richard Briers, Honor Blackman and Carol White.

It was made at MGM-British Elstree Studios with sets designed by Elliot Scott. MGM records say it lost $142,000.[2]

Plot

Aboard an airliner flying from Nice to London, an oil driller returning from the Middle East named Cooper becomes very ill. This attracts the notice of World Health Organization self-styled "germ detective" Archibald Bannister. It turns out that Cooper's new wife, Michèle, and his business associate, Kennedy, know each other.

Bannister is reprimanded by his boss, Hatfield, for previously shutting down London Airport because of what turns out to be an ordinary rat. This time, however, Cooper is diagnosed with highly infectious smallpox. There are also outbreaks in Brussels and Zurich. Bannister suspects that all three cases were contracted from a fourth person, a carrier.

Cast

References

  1. ^ "A Matter of Who (1961)".
  2. ^ The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

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