Holiday's End

1937 British film
  • March 1937 (1937-03)
Running time
70 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Holiday's End is a 1937 British mystery film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Sally Stewart, Rosalyn Boulter and Wally Patch.[1] The film follows the arrival at boarding school of a boy king.[2]

It was made at Pinewood Studios as a quota quickie.[3]

Plot

When the boy monarch of an East European state arrives at an English boarding school, a science master is found murdered. Suspicion falls on everyone, until the killer is exposed as a revolutionary, attempting to depose the young king.

Cast

  • Wally Patch as Sergeant Yerbury
  • Sally Stewart as Betty Sulgrave
  • Kenneth Buckley as Arthur Marsh
  • Rosalyn Boulter as Joyce Deane
  • Aubrey Mallalieu as Bellamy
  • Leslie Bradley as Peter Hurst
  • Beckett Bould as Philpotts
  • Robert Field as Des Voeux
  • Henry Victor as Major Zwanenberg
  • Denis Cowles as Superintendent of Police
  • Bruce Moir as Perks

References

  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ "Holiday's End Movie Trailer, Reviews and More | TVGuide.com". www.tvguide.com. Archived from the original on 30 November 2016.
  3. ^ Chibnall p.294

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.

External links

  • Holiday's End at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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