Second Thoughts (1938 film)

Second Thoughts, also released as The Crime of Peter Frame, is a 1938 British drama film directed by Albert Parker and starring Frank Fox, Evelyn Ankers, Frank Allenby and Joan Hickson. It was made at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie by the British subsidiary of 20th Century Fox.

Synopsis

The screenplay concerns a chemist who is left unhinged following a laboratory explosion and begins to plot a murder.

Cast

• Frank Fox as Tony Gordon
• Evelyn Ankers as Molly Frame
• Frank Allenby as Peter Frame
• A. Bromley Davenport as George Gaunt
• Marjorie Fielding as Mrs Gaunt
• Joan Hickson as Ellen
• Bill Shine as Minor Role

Critical reception

TV Guide called it an "Undistinguished second feature in spite of all the spent rage."

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.

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