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Did you know
Tight 27-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Cast
Elsa Lanchester
Elsa
Renee De Vaux
Auntie
Charles Laughton
Father of the Family
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Ivor Montagu
- Writers
- Frank Wells, H. G. Wells
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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Fun facts 🍿
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Ivor Montagu directs. Freddie Young behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 27-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 298 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Ivor Montagu, shot by Freddie Young. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Elsa Lanchester and Renee De Vaux and Charles Laughton carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0164205 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Freddie Young
- Runtime
- 27 min · 0h 27m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- U
- IMDB
- The Tonic (1928)
Also by
Ivor Montagu
Production companies
Who made it
- AN
Angle Pictures
Key crew
- ProducerSimon Rowson
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1928-05-01U
