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Second Thoughts (1938 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Second Thoughts', also released as 'The Crime of Peter Frame', is a 1938 British drama film directed by Albert Parker and starring Frank Fox, Evelyn Ankers, Frank Allenby and Joan Hickson. It was made at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie by the British subsidiary of 20th Century Fox.Chibnall p.300
Synopsis
The screenplay concerns a chemist who is left unhinged following a laboratory explosion and begins to plot a murder.
Cast
* Frank Fox as Tony Gordon
* Evelyn Ankers as Molly Frame
* Frank Allenby as Peter Frame
* A. Bromley Davenport as George Gaunt
* Marjorie Fielding as Mrs Gaunt
* Joan Hickson as Ellen
* Bill Shine as Minor Role
Critical reception
'TV Guide' called it an "Undistinguished second feature in spite of all the spent rage."
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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