Down River (1931 film)

Down River is a 1931 British crime film directed by Peter Godfrey and starring Charles Laughton, Jane Baxter and Harold Huth. Based on a novel by "Seamark" (Austin J. Small), it was made at Lime Grove Studios with sets designed by Andrew Mazzei. Produced as a second feature, it is classified as a quota quickie.

Plot

A man smuggling drugs up the River Thames is caught when a newspaper reporter pursues him.

Cast

• Charles Laughton as Captain Grossman
• Jane Baxter as Hilary Gordon
• Harold Huth as John Durham
• Kenneth Kove as Ronnie Gordon
• Hartley Power as Lingard
• Arthur Goullet as Maxick
• Norman Shelley as Blind Rudley
• Frederick Leister as Inspector Manning
• Cyril McLaglen as Sergeant Proctor
• Humberston Wright as Sir Michael Gordon
• Hugh E. Wright as Charlie Wong

References

Bibliography

• Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

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