The Roof is a 1933 British crime film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Leslie Perrins, Judy Gunn, Russell Thorndike and Michael Hogan.^[1] It was shot at Twickenham Studios in London as a quota quickie for release by RKO Pictures.^[2] The film's sets were designed by Twickenham's resident art director James A. Carter. It was based on the novel of the same title by David Whitelaw.

• Leslie Perrins as Inspector Darrow
• Judy Gunn as Carol Foster
• Russell Thorndike as Clive Bristow
• Michael Hogan as Samuel Morton
• Ivor Barnard as Arthur Stannard
• Eliot Makeham as John Rutherford
• Barbara Everest as Mrs Foster
• George Zucco as James Renton
• Leo Britt - Tony Freyne
• D. J. Williams as Fritz Klein
• Hector Abbas as Otto Bebberg
• Cyril Smith as McNair

• 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.

• The Roof at IMDb

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