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Dead Men Tell No Tales (1938 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Dead Men Tell No Tales' is a 1938 British thriller film directed by David MacDonald and starring Emlyn Williams, Sara Seegar and Hugh Williams. It is based on the 1935 novel 'The Norwich Victims' by Francis Beeding.Goble p.32 The film was made at Welwyn Studios.Wood p.94
Plot
An English schoolteacher wins a French lottery, but on her way to Paris she is murdered and an imposter attempts to claim her prize.
Cast
* Emlyn Williams as Dr. Headlam
* Sara Seegar as Marjorie
* Hugh Williams as Detective Inspector Martin
* Marius Goring as Greening
* Lesley Brook as Elizabeth Orme
*Christine Silver as Miss Haslett
* Clive Morton as Frank Fielding
* Ann Wilton as Bridget
* Jack Vyvian as Crump
* Marjorie Dale as The Singer
* Hal Gordon as Sergeant
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. '[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Yyqc0Qa6b60C The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film]'. Walter de Gruyter, 2011.
* Shafer, Stephen C. 'British popular films, 1929-1939: the cinema of reassurance'. Routledge, 1997.
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