Down River is a 1931 British crime film directed by Peter Godfrey and starring Charles Laughton, Jane Baxter and Harold Huth.[1] Based on a novel by "Seamark" (Austin J. Small),[2] it was made at Lime Grove Studios[3] with sets designed by Andrew Mazzei. Produced as a second feature, it is classified as a quota quickie.[4]
| Down River | |
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| Directed by | Peter Godfrey |
| Written by | Ralph Gilbert Bettison "Seamark" (Austin J. Small) |
| Produced by | L'Estrange Fawcett |
| Starring | Charles Laughton Jane Baxter Harold Huth |
| Cinematography | Percy Strong |
| Music by | Louis Levy |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Gaumont British Distributors |
Release date |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
editA man smuggling drugs up the River Thames is caught when a newspaper reporter pursues him.
Cast
edit- Charles Laughton as Captain Grossman
- Jane Baxter as Hilary Gordon
- Harold Huth as John Durham
- Kenneth Kove as Ronnie Gordon
- Hartley Power as Lingard
- Arthur Goullet as Maxick
- Norman Shelley as Blind Rudley
- Frederick Leister as Inspector Manning
- Cyril McLaglen as Sergeant Proctor
- Humberston Wright as Sir Michael Gordon
- Hugh E. Wright as Charlie Wong
References
edit- ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | DOWN RIVER (1931)". Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ^ Goble, Alan, ed. (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Bowker Saur. p. 415. ISBN 1-85739-229-9.
- ^ Wood p.69
- ^ Chibnall p.261
Bibliography
edit- Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
edit- Down River at IMDb
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