Blind Folly

{{Short description|1939 British film by Reginald Denham}}

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{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Blind Folly

| image =

| caption =

| director = Reginald Denham

| producer = A. George Smith

| writer = John Hunter
H. F. Maltby

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Clifford Mollison|Lilli Palmer|Leslie Perrins}}

| music =

| cinematography = Geoffrey Faithfull

| editing =

| studio = Canterbury Films

| distributor = RKO Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1939|11|10|df=yes}}

| runtime = 78 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =£17,803{{cite magazine|title=‘The highest salary ever paid to a human being’: Creating a Database of Film Costs from the Bank of England |last=Chapman|first= Llewella|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|magazine=Journal of British cinema and television, 2022-10|volume=19|number=4|page=470-494 at 482}}

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Blind Folly is a 1939 British comedy film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Clifford Mollison, Lilli Palmer, and Leslie Perrins.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/151070|title=Blind Folly (1939)|work=BFI|access-date=30 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023005849/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/151070|archive-date=23 October 2012|url-status=dead}} 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.Chibnall p.301