Crime on the Hill
1933 film
- 1 December 1933 (1933-12-01)
Running time
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 as Sylvia Kennett
- Nigel Playfair as Doctor Moody
- Lewis Casson as Reverend Michael Gray
- Anthony Bushell as Tony Fields
- Phyllis Dare as Claire Winslow
- Judy Kelly as Alice Green
- George Merritt as Inspector Wolf
- Hal Gordon as Sergeant Granger
- Gus McNaughton as Collins
- Jimmy Godden as Landlord
- Hay Petrie as Jevons
- Kenneth Kove as Tourist
- Reginald Purdell as Reporter
- James Knight as Newspaper editor
- Norma Varden as 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
- Crime on the Hill at IMDb
- v
- t
- e
Films directed by Bernard Vorhaus
- The Ghost Camera (1933)
- On Thin Ice (1933)
- Money for Speed (1933)
- Crime on the Hill (1933)
- Blind Justice (1934)
- The Night Club Queen (1934)
- The Broken Melody (1934)
- Street Song (1935)
- Ten Minute Alibi (1935)
- Dark World (1935)
- The Last Journey (1936)
- Dusty Ermine (1936)
- Cotton Queen (1937)
- Tenth Avenue Kid (1937)
- King of the Newsboys (1938)
- Fisherman's Wharf (1939)
- Way Down South (1939)
- Meet Dr. Christian (1939)
- The Courageous Dr. Christian (1940)
- Three Faces West (1940)
- Lady from Louisiana (1941)
- Angels with Broken Wings (1941)
- Hurricane Smith (1941)
- Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case (1941)
- The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942)
- Ice-Capades Revue (1942)
- Winter Wonderland (1947)
- Bury Me Dead (1947)
- The Spiritualist (1948)
- So Young, So Bad (1950)
- Pardon My French (1951)
- Finishing School (1953)
 | This article related to a British film of the 1930s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
