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The Crouching Beast
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Wikipedia article
'The Crouching Beast' is a 1935 British war thriller film directed by Victor Hanbury and starring Fritz Kortner, Wynne Gibson and Richard Bird. It was shot at Welwyn Studios with sets designed by the art director Duncan Sutherland.Wood p.85 Based on the novel 'Clubfoot' by Valentine Williams, the film was distributed by the Hollywood studio RKO Pictures in order to fulfil its British quota. However it was considerably more expensive than many of the quota quickies produced by American companies during the era.
Plot
In 1915 during the First World War, a British secret agent is killed while stealing secret Turkish plans for the Gallipoli Campaign but manages to pass his information to an American journalist. Travelling to Constantinople she manages to make contact with the British network, but the ruthless head of Turkish intelligence is close on her trail.
Cast
* Fritz Kortner as Ahmed Bey
* Wynne Gibson as Gail Dunbar
* Richard Bird as Nigel Druce
* Andrews Engelmann as Prince Dmitri
* Isabel Jeans as The Pellegrini
* Fred Conyngham as Rudi von Linz
* Peter Gawthorne as Kadir Pasha
* Ian Fleming as Major Abbott
* Marjorie Mars as Ottillie
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. 'Filmmaking in 1930s Britain'. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
* Wood, Linda. 'British Films, 1927-1939'. British Film Institute, 1986.
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