Second Thoughts (1938 film)

Second Thoughts
Directed byAlbert Parker
Written byDavid Evans
StarringFrank Fox
Evelyn Ankers
Frank Allenby
CinematographyRonald Neame
Production
company
20th Century Fox- British Pictures
Distributed byTwentieth Century Fox Film Company (UK)
Release date
  • 1938 (1938)
Running time
61min
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Second Thoughts, also released as The Crime of Peter Frame,[1] is a 1938 British drama film directed by Albert Parker and starring Frank Fox, Evelyn Ankers, Frank Allenby and Joan Hickson.[2] It was made at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie by the British subsidiary of 20th Century Fox.[3]

Synopsis

The screenplay concerns a chemist who is left unhinged following a laboratory explosion and begins to plot a murder.

Cast

Critical reception

TV Guide called it an "Undistinguished second feature in spite of all the spent rage."[4]

References

  1. ^ "The Crime of Peter Frame (1938) - Albert Parker - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
  2. ^ "Second Thoughts". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  3. ^ Chibnall p.300
  4. ^ "The Crime Of Peter Frame".

Bibliography

  • 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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