Incident in Shanghai
Appearance
Incident in Shanghai | |
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Directed by | John Paddy Carstairs |
Written by | A.R. Rawlinson |
Produced by | Anthony Havelock-Allan |
Starring | Margaret Vyner Patrick Barr Derek Gorst |
Cinematography | Francis Carver |
Edited by | Lister Laurance |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Paramount British Pictures (UK) |
Release date | 25 January 1938 (London) |
Running time | 67 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Incident in Shanghai is a 1938 British drama film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Margaret Vyner, Patrick Barr, Ralph Roberts and Derek Gorst.[1][2] It was made at Pinewood Studios as a quota quickie for release by Paramount Pictures. It was shot in eleven days on a budget of £7,000.[3]
It was considered to have topical interest for audiences due to the ongoing Second Sino-Japanese War.[4]
Plot
In Shanghai, Madeleine Linden is an unhappy wife who falls in love with wounded pilot Pat Avon, upon whom her husband Brian, the head of the Red Cross, must operate.
Cast
- Margaret Vyner as Madeleine Linden
- Patrick Barr as Pat Avon
- Ralph Roberts as Robert Barlow
- Derek Gorst as Brian Linden
- John Deverell as Weepie
- George Courtney as Mel Purdue
- Lotus Fragrance as Butterfly Ku
- Rita Davies as Ada Newell
Critical reception
TV Guide called it a "...plodding romantic drama."[5]
References
Bibliography
- Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
External links
Categories:
- 1938 films
- British films
- 1930s drama films
- English-language films
- Films directed by John Paddy Carstairs
- Films shot at Pinewood Studios
- British drama films
- Films produced by Anthony Havelock-Allan
- Films set in Shanghai
- Quota quickies
- 1930s British film stubs
- British black-and-white films
- British and Dominions Studios films