Foreign Affaires
{{short description|1935 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Foreign Affaires
| image =
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| director = Tom Walls
| producer = Michael Balcon
| writer = Ben Travers
| music = Jack Beaver
| cinematography = Roy Kellino
| editing = Alfred Roome
| starring = Tom Walls
Ralph Lynn
Robertson Hare
Norma Varden
| distributor = Gainsborough Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1935}}
| runtime = 71 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
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Foreign Affaires is a 1935 British comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls. It also features Ralph Lynn, Robertson Hare, Norma Varden and Cecil Parker. The screenplay is by Ben Travers, and the cast included cast members from the Walls and Travers Aldwych Farces.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027634/|title=Foreign Affaires (1935)|publisher=IMDb.com|accessdate=2013-10-28}}
Plot
The film is set on the French Riviera where two hard-living British spongers become mixed up in illegal gambling and a scam in which wealthy gamblers' jewels are replaced with fakes.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/211571 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113221419/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/211571 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-01-13 |title=BFI | Film & TV Database | FOREIGN AFFAIRES (1935) |publisher=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk |date=2009-04-16 |accessdate=2012-07-18}}{{cite web|url=http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/Foreign-Affaires |title=Foreign Affaires | Britmovie | Home of British Films |publisher=Britmovie |date= |accessdate=2012-07-18}}
Cast
- Tom Walls as Captain Archibald Gore
- Ralph Lynn as Jefferson Darby
- Robertson Hare as Mr Hardy Hornett
- Norma Varden as Mrs Hardy Hornett
- Marie Lohr as Mrs Cope
- Diana Churchill as Sophie
- Cecil Parker as Lord Wormington
- Kathleen Kelly as Millicent
- Gordon James as Rope
- Ivor Barnard as Count
- Mervyn Johns as Courtroom interpreter
- Basil Radford as Basil Mallory
- Martita Hunt as Woman at Lord Wormington's house
References
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{{Tom Walls}}
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:British films about gambling
Category:Films scored by Jack Beaver
Category:1930s English-language films
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