Silent Dust [SEP] director
Silent Dust
Silent Dust is a 1949 British drama/thriller film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Sally Gray, Stephen Murray, Derek Farr and Nigel Patrick. The title comes from lines in Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" "Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of Death?" The screenplay was by Michael Pertwee, adapted from his own play "The Paragon". The film was shot in film noir style with dramatic use of light and
- "The Silent Dust" (1950)
- "The Paper Circle" (1951; aka "Stripped for Murder")
- “Dead Men Grin, The” ("Two Complete Detective Books", Sep 1946)
- "The Quiet Woman" ("Dell Mystery Novels Magazine", Jan/Mar 1955; re-released in the Oct. 1962 issue of "Mike Shayne's Mystery Magazine" as “Death Attends Rehearsal”)