Raymond Massey (Peter Charrington), Joan Marion (Mary Charrington), Walter Hudd (Lawrence Crawford), Henry Oscar (Inspector Tanner), Elliot Mason (Jemima), Dan Tobin (reporter), Coral Browne (Lily James), Leslie Bradley (detective), Diana Beaumont (Gwen).
Director: PAUL L. STEIN. Screenplay: Dudley Leslie, Walter Summers. Based on the stage play by Gordon Sherry. Photography: Claude Friese-Greene. Film editor: Lionel Tomlinson. Settings: Cedric Dawe. Ambiphone Sound System. Producer: Walter C. Mycroft.
Produced and released in the U.K. (9 January 1939) and copyright in the U.S.A. (17 June 1938) by Associated British Pictures Corp., in Australia by Universal. Filmed at Elstree Studios. Registered: 21 June 1938. 6,432 feet. 71 minutes. "A" certificate. New York opening at the Globe: 25 June 1939. U.S. release: 15 August 1939. Cut to 63 minutes in the U.S.A.
SYNOPSIS: An innocent man is accused and hunted down for the notorious Dorset murders.
COMMENT: The women's picture here invades the male sanctum of the detective thriller - with not particularly happy results either way. The screenplay reveals its stage origins all too clearly. The direction is competent, even a trifle imaginative, but it is hard put to make much headway against the female-weighted script. Still, Walter Hudd gives an engrossing portrayal, despite the fact that his character is poorly written. Production credits are A-1, and the absence of an original music score is very cleverly disguised.
Director: PAUL L. STEIN. Screenplay: Dudley Leslie, Walter Summers. Based on the stage play by Gordon Sherry. Photography: Claude Friese-Greene. Film editor: Lionel Tomlinson. Settings: Cedric Dawe. Ambiphone Sound System. Producer: Walter C. Mycroft.
Produced and released in the U.K. (9 January 1939) and copyright in the U.S.A. (17 June 1938) by Associated British Pictures Corp., in Australia by Universal. Filmed at Elstree Studios. Registered: 21 June 1938. 6,432 feet. 71 minutes. "A" certificate. New York opening at the Globe: 25 June 1939. U.S. release: 15 August 1939. Cut to 63 minutes in the U.S.A.
SYNOPSIS: An innocent man is accused and hunted down for the notorious Dorset murders.
COMMENT: The women's picture here invades the male sanctum of the detective thriller - with not particularly happy results either way. The screenplay reveals its stage origins all too clearly. The direction is competent, even a trifle imaginative, but it is hard put to make much headway against the female-weighted script. Still, Walter Hudd gives an engrossing portrayal, despite the fact that his character is poorly written. Production credits are A-1, and the absence of an original music score is very cleverly disguised.