The read
It runs a compact 1h 9m.
Synopsis
The film begins in a BBC studio with the 100th edition of "In Town Tonight". Flotsam and Jetsom open with a "topical number". Then there is an interview with a distinguished actor, which dissolves into a performance of one of his famous melodramas about a wicked moneylender etc.
Ratings
IMDb5.6/10
13 audience votes
Key crew
- H.F. MaltbyWriter
- Colin WarkOriginal Music Composer
- Paul WhiteWriter
- Frederick HaywardScreenplay
- Jack CelestinWriter
- George KingDirector
Cast
- Tod SlaughterStephen Hawke
- Marjorie TaylorJulia Hawke
- D.J. WilliamsJoshua Trimble
- Eric PortmanMatthew Trimble
- Graham SouttenNathaniel
- Gerald BarryMiles Archer
- George M. SlaterLord Brickhaven
- Charles PenroseSir Franklin
- Norman PierceLandlord
- Flotsam and JetsamThemselves
Themes
murder