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They Came by Night
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Wikipedia article
'They Came by Night' is a 1940 British crime film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Will Fyffe, Phyllis Calvert and Anthony Hulme.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090113221030/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/53887 BFI.org] The screenplay concerns a man who is blackmailed into taking his brother's place in a gang for a jewellery heist.
It was made at the Islington Studios by Gainsborough Pictures and released by 20th Century Fox.
Cast
* Will Fyffe as James Fothergill
* Phyllis Calvert as Sally
* Anthony Hulme as Sergeant Tolly
* George Merritt as Inspector Metcalfe
* Kathleen Harrison as Mrs. Lightbody
* John Glyn-Jones as Llewellyn Jones
* Athole Stewart as Lord Netfherly
* Cees Laseur as Vollaire
* Hal Walters as Hopkins
* Kuda Bux as Ali
* Leo Britt as George
* Sylvie St. Clair as Claire
* Wally Patch as Bugsie
References
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