Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1937


The Schooner Gang

Buy The Schooner Gang now from Amazon

First, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.

Wikipedia article




'The Schooner Gang' is a 1937 British crime film directed by W. Devenport Hackney and starring Vesta Victoria, Billy Percy and Gerald Barry.

It was made as a quota quickie at Cricklewood Studios.Chibnall p.297 Location shooting took place in Leigh-on-Sea.

Synopsis



A criminal gang force an innkeeper to assist them in a plan to rob a haul of jewels.

Cast



* Vesta Victoria as Mrs. Truman

* Billy Percy as Freddie Fellowes

* Gerald Barry as Carleton

* Percy Honri as Adam

* Mary Honri as Mary

* Betty Norton as Mary Truman

* Basil Broadbent as Jack Norris

* Frank Atkinson as Ben Worton

References





Bibliography



* Chibnall, Steve. 'Quota Quickies: The British 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.


Buy The Schooner Gang now from Amazon

<-- Return to movies from 1937



This work is released under CC-BY-SA. Some or all of this content attributed to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1108301918.