23 Paces to Baker Street

23 Paces to Baker Street
Theatrical release lobby card
Directed byHenry Hathaway
Screenplay byNigel Balchin
Based onWarrant for X
1938 novel
by Philip MacDonald
Produced byHenry Ephron
StarringVan Johnson
Vera Miles
Cecil Parker
CinematographyMilton R. Krasner
Edited byJames B. Clark
Music byLeigh Harline
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • May 18, 1956 (1956-05-18)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,375,000[1]
Box office$1 million (US rentals)[2]

23 Paces to Baker Street is a 1956 American DeLuxe Color mystery thriller film directed by Henry Hathaway. It was released by 20th Century-Fox and filmed in CinemaScope on location in London. The screenplay by Nigel Balchin was based on the 1938 novel Warrant for X by Philip MacDonald.

The 1939 British film The Nursemaid Who Disappeared was also based on MacDonald's novel.[3]

  1. ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p250.
  2. ^ 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1956', Variety Weekly, January 2, 1957.
  3. ^ "23 Paces to Baker Street (1956)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films.

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