Ask Beccles
1933 film
- December 1933 (1933-12)
Running time
Ask Beccles is a 1933 British comedy crime film directed by Redd Davis and starring Garry Marsh, Lilian Oldland, Abraham Sofaer and John Turnbull. The film was based on a play by Cyril Campion. It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios as a quota quickie for release by Paramount Pictures.[1]
Premise
A man steals a priceless diamond, but returns it when an innocent man is arrested for the theft.[2]
Cast
- Garry Marsh as Eustace Beccles
- Lilian Oldland as Marion Holforth
- Abraham Sofaer as Baki
- Allan Jeayes as Matthew Blaise
- John Turnbull as Inspector Daniels
- Evan Thomas as Sir Frederick Boyne
- Eileen Munro as Mrs. Rivers
- Fewlass Llewellyn as Sir James Holforth
References
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
- Ask Beccles at IMDb
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Films directed by Redd Davis
- The Spare Room (1932)
- Here's George (1932)
- Excess Baggage (1933)
- The Umbrella (1933)
- The Medicine Man (1933)
- Send 'em Back Half Dead (1933)
- Ask Beccles (1933)
- Seeing Is Believing (1934)
- The Girl in the Flat (1934)
- Easy Money (1934)
- Say It with Diamonds (1935)
- On Top of the World (1936)
- Excuse My Glove (1936)
- King of the Castle (1936)
- Underneath the Arches (1937)
- Variety Hour (1937)
- Sing as You Swing (1937)
- Calling All Ma's (1937)
- Special Edition (1938)
- Anything to Declare? (1938)
- Discoveries (1939)
- That's the Ticket (1940)
- The Balloon Goes Up (1942)
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