A Matter of WHO

A Matter of WHO is a 1961 British comedy thriller film directed by Don Chaffey and starring Terry-Thomas as a World Health Organization employee trying to trail the source of a deadly virus.[1] It also featured Julie Alexander, Sonja Ziemann, Alex Nicol, Richard Briers, Honor Blackman and Carol White.

A Matter of WHO
Directed byDon Chaffey
Produced byMilton Holmes
Walter Shenson
Written byPatricia Lee
Paul Dickinson
Patricia Lee
Milton Holmes
Harold Buchman
StarringTerry-Thomas
Sonja Ziemann
Alex Nicol
Richard Briers
Music byEdwin Astley
CinematographyErwin Hillier
Edited byFrank Clarke
Distributed byMetro Goldwyn Mayer
Release date
  • 3 October 1961 (1961-10-03)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

It was made at Elstree Studios by MGM-British with sets designed by Elliot Scott. According to MGM records it made a loss of $142,000.[2]

Plot

Aboard an airliner flying from Nice to London, an oil driller returning from the Middle East named Cooper becomes very ill. This attracts the notice of World Health Organization self-styled "germ detective" Archibald Bannister. It turns out that Cooper's new wife, Michèle, and his business associate, Kennedy, know each other.

Bannister is reprimanded by his boss, Hatfield, for previously shutting down London Airport because of what turns out to be an ordinary rat. This time, however, Cooper is diagnosed with highly infectious smallpox. There are also outbreaks in Brussels and Zurich. Bannister suspects that all three cases were contracted from a fourth person, a carrier.

Cast

References
  1. http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b0213a2
  2. The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.


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