Holiday's End is a 1937 British mystery film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Sally Stewart, Rosalyn Boulter and Wally Patch.[1] The film follows the arrival at boarding school of a boy king.[2]
| Holiday's End | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | John Paddy Carstairs |
| Written by | Gerald Elliott |
| Produced by | Anthony Havelock-Allan |
| Starring | Wally Patch Rosalyn Boulter Henry Victor |
| Cinematography | Desmond Dickinson |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount British |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
It was made at Pinewood Studios as a quota quickie.[3]
Plot
editWhen the boy monarch of an East European state arrives at an English boarding school, a science master is found murdered. Suspicion falls on everyone, until the killer is exposed as a revolutionary, attempting to depose the young king.
Cast
edit- Wally Patch as Sergeant Yerbury
- Sally Stewart as Betty Sulgrave
- Kenneth Buckley as Arthur Marsh
- Rosalyn Boulter as Joyce Deane
- Aubrey Mallalieu as Bellamy
- Leslie Bradley as Peter Hurst
- Beckett Bould as Philpotts
- Robert Field as Des Voeux
- Henry Victor as Major Zwanenberg
- Denis Cowles as Superintendent of Police
- Bruce Moir as Perks
References
edit- ^ BFI.org
- ^ "Holiday's End Movie Trailer, Reviews and More | TVGuide.com". www.tvguide.com. Archived from the original on 30 November 2016.
- ^ Chibnall p.294
Bibliography
edit- Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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