Twelve Good Men
Appearance
Twelve Good Men | |
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Directed by | Ralph Ince |
Written by | |
Based on | The Murders in Praed Street by John Rhode |
Produced by | Jerome Jackson |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Basil Emmott |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Warner Brothers |
Release date |
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Running time | 64 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Twelve Good Men was a 1936 British crime film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Henry Kendall, Nancy O'Neil and Joyce Kennedy. It was made at Teddington Studios by Warner Brothers as a quota quickie.[2][3] It is based on the 1928 detective thriller The Murders in Praed Street by John Rhode,[1] with the principal series character of the book Doctor Priestley eliminated for the film.
The film is believed to be lost.[1][4]
Cast
[edit]- Henry Kendall as Charles Drew
- Nancy O'Neil as Ann
- Joyce Kennedy as Lady Thora
- Percy Parsons as Hopwood
- Morland Graham as Victor Day
- Bernard Miles as Inspector Pine
- Philip Ray as Higgs
- Frederick Burtwell as Fortheringay
- Roddy Hughes
- Sam Springson
- George Hughes
- Madge White
- Grace Lane
- Ralph Roberts
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
- Everson, W. K. (1992). Missing, believed lost. Films in Review, 43(11/12), 400.
- Eyles, Allen and David Meeker, eds. Missing Believed Lost: The Great British Film Search. (1992). United Kingdom: BFI Publishing.
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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Categories:
- 1936 films
- British crime drama films
- 1936 crime drama films
- 1930s English-language films
- Films shot at Teddington Studios
- Films directed by Ralph Ince
- Warner Bros. films
- British black-and-white films
- Films based on British novels
- Films set in London
- Quota quickies
- 1930s British films
- English-language crime drama films
- 1930s British film stubs