An Inspector Calls (1954 film) An Inspector Calls (1954 film) An Inspector Calls is a British 1954 film directed by Guy Hamilton and written for the screen by Desmond Davis. It is based upon the play "An Inspector Calls" by J.B. Priestley. It stars Alastair Sim. Set in 1912, a dinner party held by the upper class Birling family is interrupted by a man calling himself Inspector Poole, investigating the suicide of a lower class girl Eva Smith whose death is linked to each family member. "An Inspector Calls" was filmed at Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, under the auspices of the Watergate Productions Ltd.
An Inspector Calls Sybil Birling and Bryan Forbes as Eric Birling. In 1965, the play was adapted into a Bengali (Indian) movie by the name of Thana Theke Aschi from a Bengali adaptation of the original play of the same name. The character of Inspector Goole was played by the Bengali Matinee idol Uttam Kumar, the character being renamed as Sub-Inspector Tinkari Halder, the character of Eva Smith/ Daisy Renton was portrayed by Madhabi Mukherjee, the character being renamed as Sandhya Chakraborty/ Jharna Roy/ Reba Sen. The rest of the cast included Dilip Mukherjee, Kamal Mitra, Chhaya Devi, Anjana Bhowmik, and Jahar Roy