The Ringer (1931 film)
| The Ringer | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Poster with Esmond Knight and Carol Goodner | |
| Directed by | Walter Forde |
| Written by | Edgar Wallace (novel) Sidney Gilliat Angus MacPhail Robert Stevenson |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon |
| Starring | Patric Curwen Esmond Knight John Longden Carol Goodner |
| Cinematography | Alex Bryce |
| Edited by | Ian Dalrymple |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Ideal (UK) |
Release date | April 1931 |
Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Ringer is a 1931 British crime film directed by Walter Forde and starring Patric Curwen, Esmond Knight, John Longden and Carol Goodner. Scotland Yard detectives hunt for a dangerous criminal who has recently returned to England.[1] The film was based on an Edgar Wallace story The Gaunt Stranger, the basis for his play The Ringer.[2] Forde remade the same story in 1938 as The Gaunt Stranger. There was also a silent film of The Ringer in 1928, and a 1952 version starring Donald Wolfit. [3]
Cast
- Patric Curwen - Dr. Lomond
- Esmond Knight - John Lenley
- John Longden - Inspector Wembury
- Carol Goodner - Cora Ann Milton
- Gordon Harker - Samuel Hackett
- Franklin Dyall - Maurice Meister
- Dorothy Bartlam - Mary Lenley
- Henry Hallett - Inspector Bliss
- Arthur Stratton - Sgt. Carter
- Kathleen Joyce - Gwenda Milton
- Eric Stanley - Commissioner
Critical reception
The New York Times wrote, "at the Cameo is a picturization of the late Edgar Wallace's play The Ringer. This film, which hails from England, is the sort of melodrama that provides more amusement than excitement" ;[4] while in The BFI Companion to Crime, Phil Hardy wrote, "this is the best version of this oft-filmed play...Directed by Forde with a slickness and pace unusual in British films of the period, especially considering the film's stage origins...Hokum, but enjoyable." [5]
References
- ^ "The Ringer". BFI.
- ^ "Past Masters: EDGAR WALLACE".
- ^ "Network ON AIR > Edgar Wallace Presents: The Ringer".
- ^ "Movie Review - Forgotten Commandments - Sari Maritza, a Continental Film Favorite, in Her First American Picture, a Drama of Soviet Russia. - NYTimes.com".
{{cite web}}: line feed character in|title=at position 15 (help) - ^ "The BFI Companion to Crime".
External links
- The Ringer at IMDb
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