The Riverside Murder (1935)

Director:

Albert Parker

Writers:

Selwyn Jepson (adaptation), Stanislas-André Steeman (novel)

Stars:

Basil Sydney, Judy Gunn, Zoe Davis

Cast

Cast overview:
Basil Sydney	...	Inspector Philip Winton
Judy Gunn	...	Claire Haines
Zoe Davis	...	Mrs. Harris
Alastair Sim	...	Police Sergeant 'Mac' McKay
Reginald Tate	...	Hubert Perrin
Ian Fleming	...	Henry Sanders
Tom Helmore	...	Alfred Jerome
Martin Lewis	...	William Gregg
C.M. Hallard	...	Dickenson - Norman's Attorney
Aubrey Mallalieu	...	Robert Norman

Storyline

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Genres:

Crime | Mystery

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

March 1935 (UK)

Filming Locations:

Fox British studios, Wembley, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fox British

Technical Specs

Runtime:

64 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

User Reviews

Quaint QQ

Well, you've had two US reviews for this TOTALLY British "QQ" film, so here is my take UK on it.

If you want to be whisked back to a darkened, smoky, smelly, flea-pit pre-war cinema, watching a second feature 'B' movie then this is ideal!!

Plot is quite good and offers a reasonable ending although you will need to make up your own 'red-herrings' as they are thin on the ground, so that when "all" is explained you sit there thinking but...............

The only reason my wife and I wanted to watch this is for Alastair Sim. (I'm doing a personal 'season' of his films at the moment and have just finished reading his bio.) He is the undoubted (debut?) star and about the only person in the film who you could say knew how to act. A couple of the bit part actors were quite good BUT Basil Sydney………oh, dear. That stilted delivery, AND those long pauses were verging on comical. I really am surprised that he went on to be in other films right up into the late 60s shortly before he died, whereas Judy Gunn only carried on in films for another two years. She certainly out-acted Basil Sydney.

Yes, quaint.