The Face at the Window (1932 film)

For other films of the same name, see The Face at the Window.

The Face at the Window
Directed byLeslie S. Hiscott
Written byH. Fowler Mear
Based onthe play The Face at the Window by Brooke Warren
Produced byJulius Hagen
StarringRaymond Massey
Claude Hulbert
Isla Bevan
CinematographySydney Blythe
Production
company
Real Art Productions
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • 18 October 1932 (1932-10-18)
Running time
52 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Face at the Window is a 1932 British drama film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Raymond Massey, Claude Hulbert and Isla Bevan. It was made at Twickenham Studios as a quota quickie.[1] It is based on a play of the same name by F. Brooke Warren first performed in 1897.[2]

Story

Opening in the shadowed half-light of a bank vault in Paris, where a watchman has been mysteriously murdered, the picture centres around the methods of detective Paul Le Gros - played by Raymond Massey - to solve the identity of a masked criminal called "Le Loup" (The Wolf), who kills with an injection of poison with a finger ring. As Peter Pomeroy, the detective's useless assistant, Claude Hulbert provides a spot of comedy.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Wood p.74
  2. ^ Pitts, Michael R. (2015). RKO Radio Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1929–1956. pp. 100–01.

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.


Stub icon

This article related to a British film of the 1930s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.