The Detective (1954)

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Country: UK
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Release: 1954-11-01
Director: Robert Hamer
Writers: G.K. Chesterton , Thelma Schnee , Robert Hamer , Maurice Rapf
Language: English | French
Stars: Alec Guinness (1914–2000) , Joan Greenwood , Peter Finch (I) (1916–1977) , Cecil Parker (1897–1971) , Bernard Lee , Sidney James , Gérard Oury , Ernest Clark , Aubrey Woods , John Salew
Runtime: 91 min
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
AKA: O Padre Brown Detective (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Isä Brownin salaisuus (Finland) , Mästerdetektiven (Sweden) , Die seltsamen Wege des Pater Brown , Отец Браун - детектив (Russian Federation) , Father Brown (United Kingdom) , Отец Браун (Russian Federation) , Father Brown (South Africa) , El detective (Spain) , Uno strano detective (Italy) , Padre Brown, detective (Argentina) , Die seltsamen Wege des Pater Brown (Austria) , Father Brown-Detective (Australia) , Father Brown, God's Detective (Belgium) , Detektiven Father Brown (Denmark) , Father Brown (Canada) , Détective du bon Dieu (Belgium) , Détective du bon Dieu (France, French Republic) , God's detective (Belgium) , Pater Brown, o asylliptos (Greece) , The Detective (United States of America) , Aventuras do Padre Brown (Brazil) , Otac Braun , Padre Brown (Italy) , Father Brown , Детективът (Bulgaria) , Отец Браун , Ojciec Brown (Poland) , Dedektif (Turkey) , Parintele Brown (Romania)
Plot: Amateur detective Father Ignatius Brown defies his Bishop and decides to transport to Rome a holy relic from his church, a cross that once belonged to St. Augustin, rather than allow the more elaborate plans to proceed. On the channel crossing, he becomes suspicious of a fellow traveller, a Mr. Dobson, who Brown quickly determines is not the automobile salesman he claims to be. He does befriend another priest who he takes into his confidence, but soon realizes that his suspicions should have been reversed. The fake priest is in fact Gustave Flambeau, a professional art thief and an expert at disguise. After he gets away with the cross, Brown refuses to work with the police, insisting that he wants to save the man's soul, not put him in prison. With the assistance of his friend Lady Warren, Father Brown sets a trap for Flambeau, but Brown realizes that his work is only just beginning.
IMDB:tt0046970