Cross Currents (1935 film)

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Cross Currents
Directed by	Adrian Brunel
Written by	Gerald Elliott (novel) Leigh Aman Adrian Brunel
Produced by	Anthony Havelock-Allan
Starring	Ian Colin Marjorie Hume Evelyn Foster Frank Birch
Cinematography	Francis Carver
Production company	British & Dominions Film Corporation
Distributed by	Paramount British Pictures
Release date	July 1935
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Cross Currents is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Ian Colin, Marjorie Hume and Evelyn Foster. The film was made as a quota quickie supporting feature, for distribution by Paramount to allow them to meet the annual quota established by the British government. Much of the film was shot on location in Cornwall.

A Devon Vicar mistakenly comes under suspicion of murdering a rival in love. It was based on the novel Nine Days Blunder by Gerald Elliott.

Cast

• Ian Colin as Tony Brocklehurst
• Marjorie Hume as Mrs. Stepping-Drayton
• Evelyn Foster as Margery Weston
• Frank Birch as Rev. Eustace Hickling
• Aubrey Mallalieu as Gen. Trumpington
• Kate Saxon as Miss Cruickshank
• Aubrey Dexter as Colonel Bagge-Grant
• Bryan Powley as Cmdr. Mannering
• Sally Gray as Sally Croker

Bibliography

• Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' film. British Film Institute, 2007.
• Low, Rachael. History of the British Film: Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985 .

External links

• Cross Currents at IMDb