Blind Folly

1939 film

  • Clifford Mollison
  • Lilli Palmer
  • Leslie Perrins
CinematographyGeoffrey Faithfull
Production
company
Canterbury Films
Distributed byRKO Pictures
Release date
  • 10 November 1939 (1939-11-10)
Running time
78 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Blind Folly is a 1939 British comedy film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Clifford Mollison, Lilli Palmer, and Leslie Perrins.[1] The screenplay concerns a man who inherits a nightclub that belonged to his brother but soon discovers that it is the headquarters for a dangerous criminal gang.

It was made at Walton Studios as a quota quickie.[2]

Cast

  • Clifford Mollison as George Bunyard
  • Lilli Palmer as Valerie
  • Leslie Perrins as Deverell
  • William Kendall as Raine
  • Gus McNaughton as Professor Zozo
  • Elliott Mason as Aunt Mona
  • David Horne as Mr Steel
  • Gertrude Musgrove as Agnes
  • Roland Culver as Ford
  • Anthony Holles as Louis
  • Michael Ripper

References

  1. ^ "Blind Folly (1939)". BFI. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  2. ^ Chibnall p.301

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.

External links

  • Blind Folly at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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