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Wikipedia article




'Down River' is a 1931 British crime film directed by Peter Godfrey and starring Charles Laughton, Jane Baxter and Harold Huth. It was made at Lime Grove StudiosWood p.69 with sets designed by Andrew Mazzei. Produced as a second feature, it is classified as a quota quickie.Chibnall p.261

Plot



A man smuggling drugs up the River Thames is caught when a newspaper reporter pursues him.

Cast



* Charles Laughton as Captain Grossman

* Jane Baxter as Hilary Gordon

* Harold Huth as John Durham

* Kenneth Kove as Ronnie Gordon

* Hartley Power as Lingard

* Arthur Goullet as Maxick

* Norman Shelley as Blind Rudley

* Frederick Leister as Inspector Manning

* Cyril McLaglen as Sergeant Proctor

* Humberston Wright as Sir Michael Gordon

* Hugh E. Wright as Charlie Wong

References





Bibliography



* Chibnall, Steve. 'Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film'. British Film Institute, 2007.

*Wood, Linda. 'British Films, 19271939'. British Film Institute, 1986.


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