Colonel Bogey ** (1948, voice of Jack Train, Mary Jerrold, Jane Barrett) – Classic Movie Review 11,187

Director Terence Fisher’s second film is the 1948 British black and white fantasy Colonel Bogey starring the voice of Jack Train and Mary Jerrold, Jane Barrett and John Stone.

It was shot as a second feature at Highbury Studios, London.

In the story, a young Victorian couple spends time with the wife’s Aunt Mabel (Mary Jerrold) who behaves like her late husband, the wife’s Uncle James (the voice of Jack Train), is still alive, and his ghostly voice is heard…

The screenplay by John Baines and William Fairchild is based on an original story by John Baines.

The cast are Jack Train as the voice of Uncle James, Mary Jerrold as Aunt Mabel, Jane Barrett as Alice Graham, John Stone as Wilfred Barriteau, Ethel Coleridge as Emily, Hedli Anderson as Millicent, Bertram Shuttleworth as Cabby, Charles Rolfe as Soldier, Sam Kydd as Soldier and Dennis Woodford as Chemist.

Colonel Bogey runs 51 minutes, is made by Highbury Productions and Production Facilities, is distributed by General Film Distributors (GFD) (1948) (UK), is written by John Baines and William Fairchild, is shot in black and white by Gordon Lang, is produced by John Croydon and scored by Norman Fulton, with Art Direction by Don Russell.

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