Wanted!
1937 British film
- H. F. Maltby
- Brock Williams (play)
- Zasu Pitts
- Claude Dampier
- Mark Daly
Production
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Embassy Pictures
Release date
- 17 February 1937 (1937-02-17)
Running time
Wanted! is a 1937 British comedy film directed by George King and starring Zasu Pitts, Claude Dampier and Mark Daly. It was made at Shepperton Studios as a quota quickie.[1]
Premise
The Oatfields, a married couple, are mistaken for jewel thieves and forced to go to a party. The husband accidentally turns on the burglar alarm and the real criminals are apprehended.
Cast
- Zasu Pitts as Winnie Oatfield
- Claude Dampier as Henry Oatfield
- Mark Daly as Mr. Smithers
- Norma Varden as Mrs. Smithers
- Finlay Currie as Uncle Mart
- Kathleen Harrison as Belinda
- Billy Holland as Harry the Hick
- Stella Bonheur as Baby Face
- Billy Bray as Sparrow Hawkins
- Arthur Goullet as Bonelli
- Alfred Wellesley as Lord Hotbury
- Mabel Twemlow as Lady Hotbury
- D.J. Williams as Captain McTurk
- Bryan Herbert as Police Constable Gribble
References
- ^ Chibnall p.298
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
- Wanted! at IMDb
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Films directed by George King
- Too Many Crooks (1930)
- Leave It to Me (1930)
- Number, Please (1931)
- Deadlock (1931)
- The Professional Guest (1931)
- Midnight (1931)
- Self Made Lady (1932)
- Men of Steel (1932)
- To Brighton with Gladys (1933)
- Mayfair Girl (1933)
- Smithy (1933)
- Enemy of the Police (1933)
- I Adore You (1933)
- The Silver Spoon (1933)
- Too Many Wives (1933)
- Matinee Idol (1933)
- High Finance (1933)
- Her Imaginary Lover (1933)
- Beware of Women (1933)
- Murder at the Inn (1934)
- Oh No Doctor! (1934)
- Guest of Honour (1934)
- Nine Forty-Five (1934)
- The Blue Squadron (1934)
- To Be a Lady (1934)
- The Office Wife (1934)
- Get Your Man (1934)
- Little Stranger (1934)
- Adventure Ltd. (1935)
- Full Circle (1935)
- Windfall (1935)
- The Man Without a Face (1935)
- Gay Old Dog (1935)
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936)
- The Crimes of Stephen Hawke (1936)
- Reasonable Doubt (1936)
- Wanted! (1937)
- Merry Comes to Town (1937)
- Under a Cloud (1937)
- The Ticket of Leave Man (1937)
- Silver Top (1938)
- Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror (1938)
- John Halifax (1938)
- The Face at the Window (1939)
- Crimes at the Dark House (1940)
- The Chinese Bungalow (1940)
- The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940)
- Two for Danger (1940)
- George and Margaret (1940)
- Tomorrow We Live (1943)
- Candlelight in Algeria (1944)
- Gaiety George (1946)
- Code of Scotland Yard (1947)
- Forbidden (1949)
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