The Case for the Crown

The Case for the Crown is a 1934 British crime film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Miles Mander, Meriel Forbes and Whitmore Humphries. It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios as a quota quickie for release by Paramount Pictures.

Plot

A business partner is found dead and the company accounts have been tampered with; but is it murder or suicide?

Cast

• Miles Mander as James L. Barton
• Meriel Forbes as Shirley Rainsford
• Whitmore Humphries as Roy Matherson
• Lawrence Anderson as Roxy
• David Horne as James Rainsford
• Gordon McLeod as Prosecution
• John Turnbull as Prof. Lawrence

Critical reception

TV Guide called it "another dull British courtroom drama."

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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