Cross Currents (1935 film)
| Cross Currents | |
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| Directed by | Adrian Brunel |
| Written by |
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| Produced by | Anthony Havelock-Allan |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Francis Carver |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount British Pictures |
Release date | July 1935 |
Running time | 68 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Cross Currents is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Ian Colin, Marjorie Hume and Evelyn Foster. The film was made as a quota quickie supporting feature, for distribution by Paramount to allow them to meet the annual quota established by the British government. Much of the film was shot on location in Cornwall.[1] It was based on the novel Nine Days Blunder by Gerald Elliott.
Plot[edit]
A Devon Vicar mistakenly comes under suspicion of murdering a rival in love.
Cast[edit]
- Ian Colin as Tony Brocklehurst
- Marjorie Hume as Mrs. Stepping-Drayton
- Evelyn Foster as Margery Weston
- Frank Birch as Rev. Eustace Hickling
- Aubrey Mallalieu as Gen. Trumpington
- Kate Saxon as Miss Cruickshank
- Aubrey Dexter as Colonel Bagge-Grant
- Bryan Powley as Cmdr. Mannering
- Sally Gray as Sally Croker
References[edit]
- ^ Chibnall p.45
Bibliography[edit]
- Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' film. British Film Institute, 2007.
- Low, Rachael. History of the British Film: Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985 .
External links[edit]
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Categories:
- 1935 films
- 1935 comedy films
- British comedy films
- 1930s English-language films
- Films directed by Adrian Brunel
- Films set in Devon
- Films set in England
- Films produced by Anthony Havelock-Allan
- British black-and-white films
- British and Dominions Studios films
- Films shot at Imperial Studios, Elstree
- 1930s British films
- 1930s British comedy film stubs