---
title: 'Face the Music (1954)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Terence Fisher'
released: '1954-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 84
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/face-the-music-1954'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046784/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Face the Music (1954)

1954 · 84 min · Drama, Crime · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Face the Music is a 1954 British second feature ('B') crime drama film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Alex Nicol, Eleanor Summerfield and Paul Carpenter. It was written by Ernest Borneman based on his 1954 novel of the same title. J. Elder Wills was art director, Jimmy Sangster was assistant director and Phil Leakey did Makeup. Michael Carreras, who loved jazz music, was able to hire trumpeter Kenny Baker to coach Alex Nicol in how to play the trumpet. The film was released in the United States by Lippert Pictures. Filming ran from June 22nd to July 20th, 1953, and the film was trade shown at the Hammer Theatre on Feb. 2, 1954 and released on Feb. 22.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Michael Carreras](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-carreras)
- **Director:** [Terence Fisher](https://cinepixo.com/people/terence-fisher)
- **Screenplay:** [Ernest Borneman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-borneman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ivor Slaney](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivor-slaney)
- **Director of Photography:** [Walter J. Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-j-harvey)
- **Editor:** [Maurice Rootes](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-rootes)

## Cast

- [Geoffrey Keen](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoffrey-keen)
- [Michael Carreras](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-carreras)
- [Alex Nicol](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-nicol)

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