Landslide (1937 film)

Landslide is a 1937 British drama film directed by Donovan Pedelty and starring Jimmy Hanley, Dinah Sheridan and Jimmy Mageean. It was made at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie for release by Paramount Pictures.[1]

Landslide
Directed byDonovan Pedelty
Written byDonovan Pedelty
David Evans
Produced byVictor M. Greene
Starring
Production
company
Crusade Films
Distributed byParamount British Pictures
Release date
January 1937
Running time
67 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Synopsis

Just after a performance by a visiting theatre troupe, when the audience has left, a murder victim is found in a Welsh theatre. A local policeman tells the remaining people that they must stay in the theatre while he summons help, but the torrential rain causes a landslide, trapping the actors and stage crew inside, along with the police officer and a local woman. They are trapped there for days with their only food what the local woman had in her bag - a small piece of cheese and her fish and chips. Then one of the people is attacked, and they realise that the murderer is still in the building.

Cast

References

  1. Chibnall p.289

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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