The Case for the Crown
The Case for the Crown | |
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Directed by | George A. Cooper |
Written by | |
Based on | short story An Error of Judgement by Anthony Gittins[1] |
Produced by | George A. Cooper |
Starring | Miles Mander Meriel Forbes |
Production company | British and Dominions |
Distributed by | Paramount British Pictures |
Release date | 9 November 1934 |
Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Case for the Crown is a 1934 British crime film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Miles Mander, Meriel Forbes and .[2] It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios as a quota quickie for release by Paramount Pictures.[3]
Plot[]
A business partner is found dead and the company accounts have been tampered with; but is it murder or suicide?
Cast[]
- Miles Mander as James L. Barton
- Meriel Forbes as Shirley Rainsford
- as Roy Matherson
- as Roxy
- David Horne as James Rainsford
- Gordon McLeod as Prosecution
- John Turnbull as Prof. Lawrence
Critical reception[]
TV Guide called it "another dull British courtroom drama."[4]
References[]
- ^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Case for the Crown (1934)".
- ^ Wood p.81
- ^ "The Case For The Crown". TVGuide.com.
Bibliography[]
- Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links[]
Categories:
- English-language films
- 1934 films
- 1934 crime films
- British films
- British crime films
- Films directed by George A. Cooper
- Films set in England
- Quota quickies
- Films shot at Elstree Studios
- Paramount Pictures films
- British and Dominions Studios films
- British black-and-white films
- 1930s British film stubs