POST OFFICE INVESTIGATOR

US Release date: 1 September 1949 

First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 16 December 1950

Genre: Crime

Country: USA.

Running time: 60 minutes

Director: George Blair

Cast:  Audrey Long, Warren Douglas & Jeff Donnell

Australian Distributor: BEF

Melbourne Premiere Venue:  Two weeks at Hoyts Esquire Theatre from 17 November 1950 as support to The Capture.

Suburban Release Type: Suburban Palais EX-2

Rankings

		Rank
EF Points	79	250
EF PPE	1.65	313
Metres Travelled	527,346	85
Average MT	10,986	68
Engagements	48	124
Slots	52	173
Weeks	4	188
Weeks as % of engagements	8.33%	218
Saturdays	23	96
Sats as % of engagements	47.92%	116
Tuesdays	21	95
Tues as % of engagements	43.75%	132
First billed	0	263*
Second billed	48	27
Feature only	0	34*

Hoyts ratios

Engagements weeks 1-10	45
Ratio	93.75%
Difference to chain ratio	1.39%
Eng weeks 11-26	3
Ratio	6.25%
Difference to chain ratio	0.86%
Eng weeks 27-52	0
Ratio	0.00%
Difference to chain ratio	-2.24%
Hoyts eng	33
Ratio	68.75%
Difference to chain ratio	2.97%
Independent eng	3
Ratio	6.25%
Difference to chain ratio	-5.25%
Suburban eng	12
Ratio	25.00%
Difference to chain ratio	2.28%

NOTES: Republic programmer that backed The Black Rose on 41 occasions. Achieved a reasonable number of Suburban theatre bookings and thus a healthy ranking for average metres travelled.  

Post Office Investigator engagements

SUBURB	VENUE	CHAIN	DATE	W	D	B	CO-FEATURE
St. Kilda	Palais	Suburban	16/12/1950	1	W	2	The Asphalt Jungle
Albert Park	Park	Hoyts	23/12/1950	2	S	2	The Black Rose
Brunswick	Padua	Hoyts	23/12/1950	2	S	2	The Black Rose
Fitzroy	Regent	Hoyts	23/12/1950	2	S	2	The Black Rose
North Fitzroy	Merri	Hoyts	23/12/1950	2	S	2	The Black Rose
Port Melbourne	Eclipse	Hoyts	23/12/1950	2	S	2	The Black Rose
Windsor	New	Hoyts	23/12/1950	2	S	2	The Black Rose
Caulfield	Crystal Palace	Suburban	23/12/1950	2	T	2	The Black Rose
Collingwood	Austral	Suburban	23/12/1950	2	T	2	Sunset Boulevard
Malvern	New	Hoyts	23/12/1950	2	T	2	The Black Rose
South Yarra	Regent	Hoyts	23/12/1950	2	W	2	The Black Rose
Ascot Vale	Ascot	Suburban	30/12/1950	3	S	2	The Black Rose
Brighton	Centre	Hoyts	30/12/1950	3	S	2	The Black Rose
Coburg	Grand	Hoyts	30/12/1950	3	S	2	The Black Rose
Elsternwick	Renown	Hoyts	30/12/1950	3	S	2	The Black Rose
Essendon	Circle	Hoyts	30/12/1950	3	S	2	The Black Rose
Newmarket	Newmarket	Suburban	30/12/1950	3	T	2	Sunset Boulevard
Northcote	Northcote	Suburban	30/12/1950	3	T	2	The Black Rose
Ascot Vale	Waratah	Hoyts	30/12/1950	3	T	2	The Black Rose
Essendon	Plaza	Hoyts	30/12/1950	3	T	2	The Black Rose
Glenhuntly	Glenhuntly	Hoyts	30/12/1950	3	T	2	The Black Rose
Thornbury	Regent	Hoyts	30/12/1950	3	T	2	The Black Rose
Balwyn	Time	Hoyts	6/01/1951	4	S	2	The Black Rose
Camberwell	Broadway	Hoyts	6/01/1951	4	S	2	The Black Rose
Gardiner	Regent	Hoyts	6/01/1951	4	S	2	The Black Rose
Hampton	Southern	Hoyts	6/01/1951	4	S	2	The Black Rose
Kew	Rialto	Hoyts	6/01/1951	4	S	2	The Black Rose
Bentleigh	Bentleigh	Hoyts	6/01/1951	4	T	2	The Black Rose
Carnegie	Carnegie	Hoyts	6/01/1951	4	T	2	The Black Rose
Glenferrie	Palace	Hoyts	6/01/1951	4	T	2	The Black Rose
Preston	Circle	Hoyts	6/01/1951	4	T	2	The Black Rose
Footscray	Trocadero	Hoyts	6/01/1951	4	W	2	The Black Rose
Canterbury	Maling	Hoyts	13/01/1951	5	S	2	The Black Rose
Ivanhoe	Ivanhoe	Hoyts	13/01/1951	5	S	2	The Black Rose
Malvern	Victory	Hoyts	13/01/1951	5	S	2	The Black Rose
Fairfield	Fairfield	Suburban	13/01/1951	5	T	2	Sunset Boulevard
Hartwell	Regal	Suburban	13/01/1951	5	T	2	The Black Rose
North Fitzroy	Palace	Suburban	13/01/1951	5	T	2	The Black Rose
Brunswick	Lygon	Hoyts	13/01/1951	5	T	2	The Black Rose
North Melbourne	Loco	Independent	20/01/1951	6	S	2	The Black Rose
Yarraville	St. George	Suburban	20/01/1951	6	S	2	The Black Rose
Williamstown	Shore	Hoyts	20/01/1951	6	S	2	The Black Rose
Eltham	Plaza	Suburban	27/01/1951	7	S	2	The Black Rose
Oakleigh	Paramount	Independent	27/01/1951	7	T	2	The Black Rose
Box Hill	Regent	Suburban	10/02/1951	9	T	2	The Black Rose
Chelsea	Plaza	Independent	3/03/1951	12	W	2	Twelve O’Clock High
Richmond	Cinema	Hoyts	7/04/1951	17	T	2	Quicksand
Prahran	Empress	Hoyts	21/04/1951	19	T	2	All About Eve