Dead Men Tell No Tales (1938 film)
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Directed by | David MacDonald |
Produced by | John Corfield |
Written by |
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Based on | The Norwich Victims by Francis Beeding |
Starring | |
Music by | W.L. Trytel |
Cinematography | Bryan Langley |
Edited by | James Corbett |
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Distributed by | Associated British Film Distributors |
Release dates
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1938 |
Running time
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70 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Dead Men Tell No Tales is a 1938 British thriller film directed by David MacDonald and starring Emlyn Williams, Sara Seegar and Hugh Williams.[1] It is based on the 1935 novel The Norwich Victims by Francis Beeding.[2] The film was made at Welwyn Studios.[3][full citation needed]
Plot
An English schoolteacher wins a French lottery, but on her way to Paris she is murdered and an imposter attempts to claim her prize.
Cast
- Emlyn Williams as Dr. Headlam
- Sara Seegar as Marjorie
- Hugh Williams as Detective Inspector Martin
- Marius Goring as Greening
- Lesley Brook as Elizabeth Orme
- Christine Silver as Miss Haslett
- Clive Morton as Frank Fielding
- Ann Wilton as Bridget
- Jack Vyvian as Crump
- Marjorie Dale as The Singer
- Hal Gordon as Sergeant
References
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 2011. ISBN 9783110951943
- Shafer, Stephen C. British popular films, 1929-1939: the cinema of reassurance. Routledge, 1997.
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Dead Men Tell No Tales at IMDb
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