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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 67-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Cast
Campbell Gullan
Arnold Grierson
Marjorie Corbett
Margaret Nevern
Eric Maturin
Nevern
Gerald Fielding
Michael Hardwicke
Dora Barton
Letty Grierson
Charles Mortimer
Oliver Bloom
Oriel Ross
Elsie
Henry Caine
Stringer
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Michael Powell
- Writers
- Michael Barringer
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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Fun facts 🍿
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Michael Powell directs. James Wilson behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 67-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 291 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Michael Powell, shot by James Wilson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Campbell Gullan and Marjorie Corbett and Eric Maturin carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0026889 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- James Wilson
- Runtime
- 67 min · 1h 7m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- IMDB rating
- 6/10 · 18 votes
Also by
Michael Powell
Production companies
Who made it
- FO
Fox-British Pictures
Key crew
- ScriptAnthony Gittins
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere1935-10-07
