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01/01/1935 Comedy, Crime 1h 25m
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Overview

A dead man's curse on a London party house seems to echo from 1780 to 1936.

  1. Sinclair Hill

    Director

  2. Walter C. Hackett

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Gordon Harker

    Constable Cheatle

  2. Binnie Hale

    Sophie

  3. Gibb McLaughlin

    Sir Arthur Gannett

  4. Harry Tate

    Taxi Driver

  5. Eric Portman

    Edward Chester

  6. Donald Wolfit

    George Francis Howard

  7. Eileen Peel

    Barbara Ainsworth

  8. David Horne

    Judge

  9. Robert Holmes

    Concannon

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-19
The problem, for me anyway, with a lot of these farces is that they really belong in a theatrical setting. Putting them onto film just robbed them of much of their inane silliness. Believe it or not, the productions on screen are just too good for the writing. Even here with accomplished performers Binnie Hale and Gordon Harker, the pace is embarrassing, lacklustre and just falls flat on it's face. It's based on a rather simple play which tells of an ongoing feud between the "Gannett" and the "Cheatle" families that results in the periodic re-staging of a duel in an elegant Hyde Park Corner ho...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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