Forging Ahead (film)
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| Forging Ahead | |
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| Directed by | Norman Walker |
| Written by |
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| Produced by | Harry Cohen |
| Starring | |
Production company | Harry Cohen Productions |
| Distributed by | Fox Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 49 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Forging Ahead is a 1933 British comedy mystery film directed by Norman Walker and starring Margot Grahame, Garry Marsh and Anthony Holles. Its plot involves a gang of criminals who pretend a house is haunted in order to keep people away.
It was made at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie.[1]
Cast
- Margot Grahame as Crystal Grey
- Garry Marsh as Honorable Horace Slimminger
- Anthony Holles as Percival Custard
- Clifford Heatherley as Professor Bowe
- Clifford Makeham as Abraham Lombard
- Melville Cooper as Smedley
- Edgar Norfolk as Lieutenant-Colonel Fair
- Edith Saville as Lady Leverton
References
- ^ Wood p.74
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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