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Twelve Good Men

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Twelve Good Men
Directed byRalph Ince
Written by
Based onThe Murders in Praed Street by John Rhode
Produced byJerome Jackson
Starring
CinematographyBasil Emmott
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Brothers
Release date
  • March 1936 (1936-03)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Everson.
  2. ^ Wood p. 93
  3. ^ Chibnall p. 292
  4. ^ Eyles and Meeker, p. 67.

Bibliography

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  • 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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