See How They Run
Short description
Set in London's West End in the 1950s, See How They Run follows the disruption of a planned film adaptation of a hit stage play after a member of the production is murdered. Inspector Stoppard, a weary veteran of the force, and Constable Stalker, an enthusiastic newcomer, are assigned to the case. Their inquiries draw them into the theater world's backstage mix of glamour and seediness as they work out who is responsible.
Tom George directed the film from a screenplay by Mark Chappell, with Gina Carter and Damian Jones producing for Searchlight Pictures, TSG Entertainment and DJ Films. Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan lead the cast as the two investigators, joined by Adrien Brody, Ruth Wilson, Reece Shearsmith and Harris Dickinson. The film runs 99 minutes and blends comedy, crime, mystery and thriller elements.
Released in September 2022, the film took in about 22 million dollars worldwide against a budget of roughly 40 million. Audiences gave it a mixed-to-positive reception, with a rating of 6.5 out of 10 on IMDb from around 73,000 votes and 6.3 out of 10 on TMDB from over 1,300 votes. A critics' rating of 6.5 out of 10 from about 200 reviews places it broadly in line with those audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- Inspector Stoppard's (Sam Rockwell) surname was borrowed from British playwright, director, and screenwriter Tom Stoppard, who wrote the play "The Real Inspector Hound"—a parody of "The Mousetrap." The surname of the butler Fellowes (Paul Chahidi) comes from British writer Julian Fellowes.
- The actress who played Constable Stalker, Saoirse Ronan, speaks with her genuine Irish accent.
- Lucian Msamati's character (he played Max Mallowan) offers guests a “Mesopotamian aperitif.” In reality, Mallowan was an archaeologist in Mesopotamia, located in the valley of two rivers (the Tigris and Euphrates) on the territory of modern-day Iraq. He met Agatha Christie during excavations there. She later placed archaeological excavations at the center of the plot of her novel "Murder in Mesopotamia" (1936).
- The character Richard “Dicky” Attenborough, played by Harris Dickinson, uses the word “dear” when addressing the detectives. He says he always does so when speaking to someone whose name he has forgotten.
- When part of the play "The Mousetrap" is shown in this film, the same voice is heard on the radio that actually sounded in that production on stage. This is the voice of an actor named Derrick Guyler, who was recorded in 1952, and the recording is still used today.
- The film's title is a line from the children's rhyme "Three Blind Mice", whose title was borrowed for a radio play, which was later adapted into the play "The Mousetrap".
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