The Man They Couldn't Arrest
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The Man They Couldn't Arrest | |
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Directed by | T. Hayes Hunter |
Written by | T. Hayes Hunter Angus MacPhail Arthur Wimperis "Seamark" (Austin J. Small) |
Produced by | Michael Balcon |
Starring | Hugh Wakefield Gordon Harker Garry Marsh |
Cinematography | Leslie Rowson |
Edited by | Ian Dalrymple |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Ideal Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Man They Couldn't Arrest is a 1931 British crime film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring Hugh Wakefield, Gordon Harker, Garry Marsh and Dennis Wyndham. Based on a novel by "Seamark" (Austin J. Small,[1] it was made by Gainsborough Pictures at Islington Studios in London.[2]
Plot summary
An amateur detective goes on the trail of a gang of violent criminals.[3]
Cast
- Hugh Wakefield as John Dain
- Gordon Harker as Tansey
- Garry Marsh as Delbury
- Nicholas Hannen as Lyall
- Robert Farquharson as Count Lazard
- Renee Clama as Marcia
- Dennis Wyndham as Shaughnessy
References
- ^ Goble, Alan, ed. (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Bowker Saur. p. 415. ISBN 1-85739-229-9.
- ^ Wood p.72
- ^ BFI.org
Bibliography
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
The Man They Couldn't Arrest at IMDb
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- British crime films
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- Films directed by T. Hayes Hunter
- British black-and-white films
- Gainsborough Pictures films
- Islington Studios films
- 1930s English-language films
- 1930s British films
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