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Wikipedia article




'The Case for the Crown' is a 1934 British crime film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Miles Mander, Meriel Forbes and Whitmore Humphries. It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios as a quota quickie for release by Paramount Pictures.Wood p.81

Plot



A business partner is found dead and the company accounts have been tampered with; but is it murder or suicide?

Cast



* Miles Mander as James L. Barton

* Meriel Forbes as Shirley Rainsford

* Whitmore Humphries as Roy Matherson

* Lawrence Anderson as Roxy

* David Horne as James Rainsford

* Gordon McLeod as Prosecution

* John Turnbull as Prof. Lawrence

Critical reception



'TV Guide' called it "another dull British courtroom drama."

References





Bibliography



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

* Low, Rachael. 'Filmmaking in 1930s Britain'. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.

* Wood, Linda. 'British Films, 1927-1939'. British Film Institute, 1986.


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