We Shall See

We Shall See is a 1964 British drama film directed by Quentin Lawrence and starring Maurice Kaufmann, Faith Brook and Alec Mango.[1] It was adapted from a 1926 novel We Shall See! by Edgar Wallace, and was made at Merton Park Studios as part of the long-running series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries.[2][3]

We Shall See
Directed byQuentin Lawrence
Written byDonal Giltinan
Based onnovel We Shall See! by Edgar Wallace
Produced byJack Greenwood
StarringMaurice Kaufmann
Faith Brook
Alec Mango
CinematographyJames Wilson
Edited byDerek Holding
Music byBernard Ebbinghouse
Production
company
Distributed byAnglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
1964 (UK)
Running time
61 min
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Alva (Faith Brook), the mentally unbalanced wife of airline pilot Evan Collins (Maurice Kaufmann), wants her husband to leave his job. However, she is tragically killed when someone throws a hive of bees into her bedroom. Police deduce that whoever was responsible knew that Alva was allergic to the insects. Each member of the household, both relatives and staff, comes under suspicion, as her psychotic behaviour has both alienated and given everyone a personal interest in her demise.

Partial cast

Critical reception

TV Guide wrote, "Predating The Deadly Bees by three years, We Shall See is theoretically the first "killer bee" movie," but the reviewer concluded, "The rest of the picture...is standard crime fare";[4] and SKY Movies observed, "A well-acted Edgar Wallace thriller about a woman who antagonises everyone she meets. She is also very scared of bees... This difficult central character is strongly acted by Faith Brook. The daughter of Clive Brook, a superstar of both British and Hollywood films in the Twenties and Thirties...(the director) manages an extremely effective climax - with the help of a few hundred bees and the special effects men."[5]

References
  1. "We Shall See (1964)". Archived from the original on 13 February 2009.
  2. Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
  3. "» EDGAR WALLACE AT MERTON PARK – by Tise Vahimagi".
  4. "We Shall See".
  5. "We Shall See".


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