The Case for the Crown
1934 British film
- 9 November 1934 (1934-11-09)
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The Case for the Crown is a 1934 British crime film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Miles Mander, Meriel Forbes and Whitmore Humphries.[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
- Whitmore Humphries as Roy Matherson
- Lawrence Anderson 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
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
- The Case for the Crown at IMDb
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The films of George A. Cooper
- The Shadow of Evil (1921)
- His Wife's Husband (1922)
- Geraldine's First Year (1922)
- Three to One Against (1923)
- The Reverse of the Medal (1923)
- Finished (1923)
- Constant Hot Water (1923)
- Darkness (1923)
- Claude Duval (1924)
- The Eleventh Commandment (1924)
- The Happy Ending (1925)
- Settled Out of Court (1925)
- Somebody's Darling (1925)
- If Youth But Knew (1926)
- Master and Man (1929)
- The World, the Flesh, the Devil (1932)
- The Roof (1933)
- The Man Outside (1933)
- Home, Sweet Home (1933)
- The Shadow (1933)
- Mannequin (1933)
- Puppets of Fate (1933)
- The Black Abbot (1934)
- Tangled Evidence (1934)
- The Case for the Crown (1934)
- Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor (1935)
- Anything Might Happen (1935)
- Royal Eagle (1936)
- Down Our Alley (1939)
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