The Crooked Lady

1932 film

  • March 1932 (1932-03) (UK)
Running time
75 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

The Crooked Lady is a 1932 British drama film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring George Graves, Isobel Elsom, Ursula Jeans and Austin Trevor. A quota quickie, it was filmed at Twickenham Studios.[2]

Cast

  • George Graves as Sir Charles Murdoch
  • Isobel Elsom as Miriam Sinclair
  • Ursula Jeans as Joan Collinson
  • Austin Trevor as Captain James Kent
  • Alexander Field as Slim Barrett
  • Edmund Willard as Joseph Garstin
  • S. J. Warmington as Inspector Hilton
  • Frank Pettingell as Hugh Weldon
  • Moore Marriott as Crabby
  • Henry B. Longhurst as John Morland
  • Paddy Browne as Susie

Plot

An ex army officer is forced to resort to a life of crime.[3]

References

  1. ^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Wood p.74
  3. ^ "The Crooked Lady (1932)". Archived from the original on 15 January 2009.

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 Crooked Lady at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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