Colonel Bogey (film)

Colonel Bogey is a 1948 fantasy film directed by Terence Fisher, and starring Jack Train and Mary Jerrold.^[1][2] The spirit of a home's former owner refuses to pass on.

Colonel Bogey
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Terence Fisher
Screenplay by	John Baines William Fairchild
Based on	an original story by John Baines
Produced by	John Croydon
Starring	Jack Train Mary Jerrold
Cinematography	Gordon Lang
Edited by	Gordon Pilkington
Music by	Norman Fulton
Production companies	Highbury Productions Production Facilities
Distributed by	General Film Distributors (UK)
Release date	September 1948 (1948-09) (UK)
Running time	51 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

It was shot at Highbury Studios as a second feature.

Cast

• Jack Train as 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
• Dennis Woodford as Chemist

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This is a slight but amusing trifle in which Jack Train (who remains unseen throughout the film) skilfully builds up the bibulous, irascible character of Uncle James by means of his famous "Colonel Chinstrap" voice. Strong support is rendered, notably by Mary Jerrold as Aunt Mabel, and the rest of the small cast. It is a pity that the otherwise commendable attention paid to detail in the costumes and settings of the period (the early part of this century) should be marred by dustbins in one shot which look too modern for the time."^[3]

TV Guide called the film a "Pleasant little fantasy," rating it two out of five stars.^[4]