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	~~{{Anthony Pelissier}}~~

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{{short description|1953 film by Anthony Pelissier}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Meet Mr. Lucifer
| image = Meet Mr. Lucifer.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Screenshot showing actor Jack Watling
| director = [[Anthony Pelissier]]
| writer = [[Monja Danischewsky]] (scriptwriter)<br>additional dialogue by Peter Myers and Alec Grahame
| producer = Monja Danischewsky
| starring = [[Stanley Holloway]]<br>[[Peggy Cummins]]<br>[[Jack Watling]]
| narrator =
| cinematography = [[Desmond Dickinson]]
| editing = [[Bernard Gribble]]
| music = [[Eric Rogers (composer)|Eric Rogers]]
| studio = [[Ealing Studios]]
| distributor = [[General Film Distributors]]
| released = 26 November 1953<ref name="Art & Hue">{{cite web|url=http://artandhue.com/shop/barbara-murray/|title=Barbara Murray |work=Art & Hue |date=2019 |accessdate=24 April 2019}}</ref>
| runtime = 83 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = [[English language|English]]
| budget =
}}
'''''Meet Mr. Lucifer''''' is a black-and-white British comedy satire film released in 1953 starring [[Stanley Holloway]]. It was filmed at [[Ealing Studios]], [[London]], and is one of the [[Ealing comedies]]. The film is based on the [[play (theatre)|play]] ''Beggar My Neighbour'' by [[Arnold Ridley]] (who later played Private Godfrey in the [[BBC]] television comedy series ''[[Dad's Army]]'').<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/Meet-Mr.-Lucifer_1953 |title= ''Meet Mr. Lucifer'' |website= Britmovie.co.uk |accessdate= 2008-01-08 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111015053553/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/Meet-Mr.-Lucifer_1953 |archive-date= 15 October 2011 |url-status= dead }}</ref> The film opened on 26 November 1953 at the Haymarket Gaumont cinema in London.<ref name="Art & Hue" />

The overall scenario is that a television set makes people act out of character, with visible encouragement from the Devil in human form.

==Plot==
When Mr Pedelty leaves his firm, he is given a television set as a retirement present. At first, he enjoys all the attention from his neighbours, but soon the attraction wears off, and he sells it on to a young married couple the Nortons, living in the flat above him. They soon encounter the same problems, and again the set is passed on to several different characters all with the same results.

The set passes to the chemist Hector McPhee who falls in love with "The Lonely Hearts Singer" on a television programme. At first he has the same dour character as his maiden aunt, Miss MacPherson. At first, the set improves his character, but as his obsession grows, he becomes increasingly angry at any interruption.

==Cast==
* [[Stanley Holloway]] as Sam Hollingsworth / Mr. Lucifer
* [[Peggy Cummins]] as Kitty Norton
* [[Jack Watling]] as Jim Norton
* [[Barbara Murray]] as Patricia Pedelty
* [[Joseph Tomelty]] as Mr. Pedelty
* [[Kay Kendall]] as Lonely Hearts Singer
* [[Gordon Jackson (actor)|Gordon Jackson]] as Hector McPhee
* [[Charles Victor]] as Mr. Elder
* [[Humphrey Lestocq]] as Arthur
* [[Jean Cadell]] as Mrs. Macdonald
* [[Raymond Huntley]] as Mr. Patterson
* [[Ernest Thesiger]] as Mr. Macdonald
* [[Frank Pettingell]] as Mr. Roberts
* [[Olive Sloane]] as Mrs. Stannard
* [[Gilbert Harding]] as Himself
* [[Philip Harben]] as Himself
* [[McDonald Hobley]] as Himself
*David Miller as Himself
*Olga Gwynne as Principal Boy
* [[Joan Sims]] as Fairy Queen
* [[Ian Carmichael]] as Man Friday
* [[Irene Handl]] as Lady with Dog
* [[Gladys Henson]] as Lady in Bus
* [[Roddy Hughes]] as Billings
* [[Eliot Makeham]] as Edwards
* [[Bill Fraser]] as Band Leader
* [[Dandy Nichols]] as Mrs. Clarke
* [[Toke Townley]] as Trumpet Player
* [[Fred Griffiths (actor)|Fred Griffiths]] as Removal Man

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{BritMovie title| Meet-Mr.-Lucifer_1953 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110607005449/http://www.timeout.com/film/cast/73016/meet-mr-lucifer.html ''Meet Mr. Lucifer''] film review at Timeout
* {{BFI| 4ce2b6b02eb40 }}
* {{IMDb title| 0046060 }}
* {{AllMovie title| 102002 }}

{{Anthony Pelissier}}

[[Category:1953 films]]
[[Category:1953 comedy films]]
[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:Ealing Studios films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Anthony Pelissier]]
[[Category:Films set in London]]
[[Category:British films based on plays]]
[[Category:Films about television]]
[[Category:British black-and-white films]]
[[Category:1950s English-language films]]
[[Category:1950s British films]]

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