Lonely Road (film)

This article is about the 1936 film. For other uses, see Lonely Road.

The Lonely Road
Victoria Hopper and Clive Brook meet in a dance hall
Directed by	James Flood
Written by	Nevil Shute (novel) Gerard Fairlie Anthony Kimmins James Flood
Produced by	Basil Dean
Starring	Clive Brook Victoria Hopper Nora Swinburne Malcolm Keen
Cinematography	Jan Stallich
Music by	Ernest Irving
Production company	Associated Talking Pictures
Distributed by	Associated British Film Distributors Grand National Pictures (US)
Release date	24 August 1936
Running time	80 mins
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Lonely Road is a 1936 British drama film directed by James Flood and starring Clive Brook, Victoria Hopper, Nora Swinburne and Malcolm Keen. The film was released in the United States as Scotland Yard Commands.

The film was based on the novel Lonely Road by Nevil Shute, who had visualised the chief character as the actor Clive Brook and had sent a copy of the novel to Brook. Shute visited the studio, and was pleased to see the film made (though the payment for film rights was not large by American standards).

Cast

• Clive Brook as Malcolm Stevenson
• Victoria Hopper as Molly Gordon
• Nora Swinburne as Lady Anne
• Malcolm Keen as Professor
• Cecil Ramage as Major Norman
• Charles Farrell as Palmer
• Laurence Hanray as Jenkinson
• Dennis Wyndham as The Satellite
• Frederick Peisley as Fred Coggins

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• Lonely Road at IMDb