form y separately published work icon The Crooked Billet single work   film/TV   crime   thriller  
Alternative title: International Spy
Adaptation of The Crooked Billet : A Play in Three Acts Dion Titheradge , 1930 single work drama
Issue Details: First known date: 1929... 1929 The Crooked Billet
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Film Details - Gainsborough Pictures , 1929 - Gainsborough Pictures , 1930

Producers:

Michael Balcon.

Production Companies:

Gainsborough Pictures.

Director of Photography:

Claude L. McDonnell.

Music:

Louis Levy (musical director: sound version only).

Cast:

Including Carlyle Blackwell (Dietrich Hebburn), Madeleine Carroll (Joan Easton), Miles Mander (Guy Morrow), Gordon Harker (Slick), Kim Peacock (Philip Easton), Danny Green (Rogers), Frank Goldsmith (Sir William Easton), and Alexander Field (Alf).
It is unclear whether the same actors were used for the vocal track in the 1930 re-release, or whether other actors supplied the voices.

Release Dates:

March 1930 (sound version: UK release).
May 1929 (silent version: UK release).

Subjects:
Settings:
  • Kent,
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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