The Alley Cat
Directed by	Hans Steinhoff
Written by	Anthony Carlyle (novel) Iris North
Produced by	Georg Jacoby Sidney Morgan
Starring	Mabel Poulton Jack Trevor Clifford McLaglen Shayle Gardner
Cinematography	Nicolas Farkas
Production companies	British & Foreign Orplid-Film
Distributed by	Messtro-Orplid
Release date	3 February 1929 (1929-02-03)
Running time	79 minutes
Countries	Germany United Kingdom
Languages	Silent English/German intertitles

The Alley Cat is a 1929 British-German silent drama film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Mabel Poulton, Jack Trevor and Clifford McLaglen. The film was made as a co-production between the British company British & Foreign and the German Orplid-Film. Its German title was Nachtgestalten. The film was shot in Britain, partly on location around the Docklands in London. Studio shooting took place at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin.^[1] It was based on a novel by Anthony Carlyle.

• Mabel Poulton as Polly
• Jack Trevor as Jimmy Rice
• Clifford McLaglen as Simon Beck
• Shayle Gardner as inspector Fordham
• Margit Manstad as Melona Miller
• Marie Ault as Ma

• Low, Rachael (1971). The History of the British Film, 1918–1929. London: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-0-04-791021-0.

• The Alley Cat at IMDb

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