The Big Noise (1936 British film)

The Big Noise
The Big Noise
Directed by	Alex Bryce
Written by	Gerard Fairlie ; Gene Markey ; Harry Ruskin
Produced by	John Findlay
Starring	Alastair Sim ; Norah Howard ; Fred Duprez
Cinematography	Stanley Grant
Music by	Colin Wark
Production; company	Fox Film Company
Distributed by	Fox Film Company
Release date	1936;
Running time	65 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Big Noise is a 1936 British musical comedy film directed by Alex Bryce and starring Alastair Sim, Norah Howard and Fred Duprez. The film was a quota quickie made at Wembley Studios by the Hollywood studio Fox's British subsidiary.^[1]

Synopsis

A clerk in an oil company is promoted in order to make him the fall guy for a series of illegal transactions that have brought it to the brink of ruin, but instead manages to turn the business around

Cast

Alastair Sim as Finny
Norah Howard as Mary Miller
Fred Duprez as Henry Hadley
Grizelda Harvey as Consuelo
C. Denier Warren as E. Pinkerton Gale
Viola Compton as Mrs. Dayton
Peter Popp as Jenkins
Howard Douglas as Gluckstein
Reginald Forsyth as Orchestra Leader
Edie Martin as Old Lady

References

^ Wood p.89

Bibliography

Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The British 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 Big Noise at IMDb
The Big Noise at AllMovie

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[1] Wood p.89

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