BIBFRAME Instance

Title

Father Brown

Identified by

• CopyrightNumber: LP4040
• Lccn: 2001643765

Note

• Rereleased in the U.S. as The detective.
• LC holds the U.S. release copy of the British film.
• Sources used: copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1950-1959, p. 82; The motion picture guide, vol. 2, p. 634.
• LC's copies are both U.S. release copies.
• Copyright: Facet Productions, Ltd.; 1Sep54; LP4040.
• Original release title from Monthly film bulletin, vol. 19-21, p. 98-99.
• Summary taken from Quinlan, David. British sound films, the studio years 1928-1959, p. 308.
• Based on Father Brown stories by G.K. Chesterton.

Dimensions

16 mm

Extent

3 film reels of 3 (ca. 86 min., ca. 3,096 ft.)

Provision Activity

• Publication: United Kingdom 1954
• Publication:

Publication Statement

• Great Britain: Columbia Pictures, 1954
• United States: Columbia Pictures Corp, 1954

Responsibility Statement

Facet Productions ; directed by Robert Hamer ; produced by Paul F. Moss ; screenplay by Thelma Schnee and Robert Hamer

Media

• projected

Issuance

• single unit

Carrier

• film reel

Place of Origin

• Great Britain

Has item

http://id.loc.gov/resources/items/12562623

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-30T17:46:01.714021+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 12562623

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-30
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• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc