Crime on the Hill
Appearance
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 - Sylvia Kennett
- Nigel Playfair - Doctor Moody
- Lewis Casson - Reverend Michael Gray
- Anthony Bushell - Tony Fields
- Phyllis Dare - Claire Winslow
- Judy Kelly - Alice Green
- George Merritt - Inspector Wolf
- Hal Gordon - Sergeant Granger
- Gus McNaughton - Collins
- Jimmy Godden - Landlord
- Hay Petrie - Jevons
- Kenneth Kove - Tourist
- Reginald Purdell - Reporter
- James Knight - Newspaper editor
- Norma Varden - Editor's secretary
References
- ^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/61009
- ^ Richards p.189
- ^ Richards p.188
Bibliography
- Richards, Jeffrey (ed.) The Unknown 1930s: An Alternative History of the British Cinema, 1929-1939. I.B. Tauris, 1998.