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Illegal (1932 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Illegal' is a 1932 British UK-Protonoir, crime, drama film directed by William C. McGann and starring Isobel Elsom, Ivor Barnard and D. A. Clarke-Smith.
It was made as a quota quickie at Teddington Studios by the British branch of Warner Brothers.Wood p.75
Synopsis
After her second husband drinks and gambles all her money away, a woman leaves him and decides to set up an out-of-hours drinking and gambling club in order to send her daughters to elite schools.
Cast
* Isobel Elsom as Mrs. Evelyn Dean
* Ivor Barnard as Albert
* D. A. Clarke-Smith as Franklyn Dean
* Margot Grahame as Dorothy Turner
* Moira Lynd as Ann Turner
* Edgar Norfolk as Lord Alan Sevington
* Wally Patch as Bookie
* Margaret Damer as Headmistress
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, 19271939'. British Film Institute, 1986.
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