The Five Pound Man

1937 film
  • 24 March 1937 (1937-03-24)
Running time
76 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

The Five Pound Man is a 1937 British comedy crime film directed by Albert Parker and starring Judy Gunn, Edwin Styles and Charles Bannister.[1] It was made at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie by the British subsidiary of 20th Century Fox.[2]

Cast

  • Judy Gunn as Margaret Fenton
  • Edwin Styles as Richard Fordyce
  • Frank Allenby as Claud Fenton
  • Charles Bannister as Eustace Grant
  • Esma Cannon as Lucy
  • G. H. Mulcaster as Sinclair

References

  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ Chibnall p.294

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

  • The Five Pound Man at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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