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Melody Club (film)

Melody Club is a 1949 British second feature ('B') comedy musical film directed by Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman and starring Terry-Thomas, Gwynneth Vaughan and Michael Balfour. It was written by Carl Nystrom and made at Kensington Studios.

Plot

Detective Freddy Forrester, chasing jewel thieves, traces them to a nightclub.

Cast

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Low-budget British comedy: worn-out gags."

Picturegoer wrote: "A sheer piece of nonsense with bad dialogue and jokes. Terry Thomas burlesques as a nitwit detective on the trail of jewel thieves. Ultimately, he catches them, but it would have been better if they had disappeared completely, for we should not have had to endure the unfortunate Terry in so many poor and embarrassing disguises. The supporting cast unfortunately gives no support owing largely to the lack of opportunity."

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "poor", writing: "Collection of well-worn jokes stitched together to make a plot."

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