Crime on the Hill
Crime on the Hill is a 1933 British mystery film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring Sally Blane, Nigel Playfair and Lewis Casson.[1] The plot was based on a successful play by Jack de Leon and Jack Celestin.[2] It was made by British International Pictures at Welwyn Studios in autumn 1933.[3]
Plot[]
A man tries to clear the name of his uncle who is wrongly convicted of a murdering the squire in a picturesque English village.
Cast[]
- Sally Blane - Sylvia Kennett
- Nigel Playfair - Doctor Moody
- Lewis Casson - Reverend Michael Gray
- Anthony Bushell - Tony Fields
- Phyllis Dare - Claire Winslow
- Judy Kelly - Alice Green
- George Merritt - Inspector Wolf
- Hal Gordon - Sergeant Granger
- Gus McNaughton - Collins
- Jimmy Godden - Landlord
- Hay Petrie - Jevons
- Kenneth Kove - Tourist
- Reginald Purdell - Reporter
- James Knight - Newspaper editor
- Norma Varden - Editor's secretary
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Richards, Jeffrey (ed.) The Unknown 1930s: An Alternative History of the British Cinema, 1929-1939. I.B. Tauris, 1998.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1933 films
- British films
- British mystery films
- Films shot at Elstree Studios
- English-language films
- Films directed by Bernard Vorhaus
- Films with screenplays by Bernard Vorhaus
- 1930s British film stubs
- British black-and-white films
- 1933 mystery films