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Wikipedia article




'Twelve Good Men' is a 1936 British crime film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Henry Kendall, Nancy O'Neil and Joyce Kennedy. It was made at Teddington Studios by Warner Brothers as a quota quickie.Wood p.93Chibnall p.292 It is based on the 1928 detective novel 'The Murders in Praed Street' by John Rhode, with the principal series character of the book Doctor Priestley eliminated for the film.

Cast



* Henry Kendall as Charles Drew

* Nancy O'Neil as Ann

* Joyce Kennedy as Lady Thora

* Percy Parsons as Hopwood

* Morland Graham as Victor Day

* Bernard Miles as Inspector Pine

* Philip Ray as Higgs

* Frederick Burtwell as Fortheringay

* Roddy Hughes

* Sam Springson

* George Hughes

* Madge White

* Grace Lane

* Ralph Roberts

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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