Passenger to London
1937 film
- June 1937 (1937-06)
Running time
Passenger to London is a 1937 British espionage thriller film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring John Warwick, Jenny Laird and Nigel Barrie. It was shot at Wembley Studios in London as a quota quickie by the British subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox.[1]
Cast
- John Warwick as Frank Drayton
- Jenny Laird as Barbara Lane
- Paul Neville as Vautel
- Ivan Wilmot as Veinberg
- Aubrey Pollock as Sir James Garfield
- Victor Hagen as Carlton
- Nigel Barrie as Sir Donald Frame
- Sybil Brooke as Miss Park
- Dorothy Dewhurst as Manageress
Reception
Picturegoer considered the storyline as "too obvious" and the film being "too slow to be fully effective".[2]
References
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
- Passenger to London at IMDb
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Films directed by Lawrence Huntington
- After Many Years (1930)
- Romance in Rhythm (1934)
- The Bank Messenger Mystery (1936)
- Strange Cargo (1936)
- Two on a Doorstep (1936)
- Cafe Mascot (1936)
- Full Speed Ahead (1936)
- Passenger to London (1937)
- Screen Struck (short, 1937)
- Twin Faces (1937)
- Dial 999 (1938)
- Bad Boy (1938)
- This Man Is Dangerous aka The Patient Vanishes (1941)
- Tower of Terror (1941)
- Suspected Person (1942)
- Women Aren't Angels (1943)
- Warn That Man (1943)
- Night Boat to Dublin (1946)
- Wanted for Murder (1946)
- The Upturned Glass (1947)
- When the Bough Breaks (1947)
- Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill (1948)
- Man on the Run (1949)
- The Franchise Affair (1951)
- There Was a Young Lady (1953)
- The Accused (1953)
- The Genie (1953)
- Thought to Kill (1954)
- The Red Dress (1954)
- Destination Milan (1954)
- Eight Witnesses (TV film, 1954)
- Contraband Spain (1955)
- Deadly Record (1959)
- The Fur Collar (1962)
- Stranglehold (1963)
- Death Drums Along the River (1963)
- The Vulture (1967)
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