Deadlock is a 1931 British crime film directed by George King and starring Stewart Rome, Marjorie Hume and Warwick Ward.[1] It is on the British Film Institute's list of the 75 Most Wanted list of lost films.[2]
| Deadlock | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | George King |
| Written by | Charles Bennett (story) Billie Bristow (story) H. Fowler Mear |
| Produced by | George King |
| Starring | Stewart Rome Marjorie Hume Warwick Ward |
Production company | George King Productions |
| Distributed by | Butcher's Film Service |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
editA murder takes place in a film studio during the shooting of a new film.
Cast
edit- Stewart Rome as James Whitelaw
- Marjorie Hume as Mrs Whitelaw
- Warwick Ward as Markham Savage
- Annette Benson as Madeleine d'Arblay
- Esmond Knight as John Tring
- Janice Adair as Joan Whitelaw
- Alma Taylor as Mrs. Tring
- Cameron Carr as Tony Makepeace
- Hay Plumb as Publicist
- Pauline Peters as Maid
- Kiyoshi Takase as Taki
- Philip Godfrey as Nifty Weekes
- Harold Saxon-Snell as Prosecutor
Production
editIt was shot at Hepworth studios and financed by F.W. Baker.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Deadlock". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
- ^ "Deadlock / BFI Most Wanted". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ "Foot lights and film flickers THE KINEMA". Western Mail. Vol. XLVI, no. 2, 361. Western Australia. 14 May 1931. p. 4. Retrieved 26 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
edit- Deadlock at IMDb
- BFI 75 Most Wanted entry, with extensive notes
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