Honours Easy
{{Short description|1935 British drama film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Honours Easy
| image = Honours_Easy_(1935_film).jpg
| caption =
| director = Herbert Brenon
| producer = Walter C. Mycroft
| writer = Roland Pertwee
| based_on = play Honours Easy by Roland Pertwee
| starring = {{ubl|Greta Nissen|Margaret Lockwood|Patric Knowles}}
| music =
| cinematography = Ronald Neame
| editing =
| studio = British International Pictures
| distributor = Wardour Films (UK)
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1935|07|31|London, England}}
| runtime = 62 minutes
| country = England
| language = English
| budget =
}}
Honours Easy is a 1935 British drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Greta Nissen, Patric Knowles and Margaret Lockwood. It follows a man who tries to take revenge on a rival for a slight seventeen years before by framing his son for theft.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090113221704/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/36828 BFI.org] It was based on the play Honours Easy by Roland Pertwee.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yyqc0Qa6b60C&q=honours+easy+1935&pg=PA365|title=The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film|first=Alan|last=Goble|date=1 January 1999|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=9783110951943|via=Google Books}}
It was an early role for Margaret Lockwood.
Plot
Unhinged art dealer William Barton (Ivan Samson) seeks revenge on a man who ruined his career years ago. He does so by attempting to frame the man's son for the theft of $2,500 from the safe in his gallery. However the son has an alibi in Barton's wife, with whom he is having an affair.
Cast
- Greta Nissen as Ursula Barton
- Patric Knowles as Harry Markham
- Margaret Lockwood as Ann
- George Graves as Colonel Bagnall
- W. H. Berry as Joe Budd
- Chili Bouchier as Kate
- Robert Rendel as Sir Henry Markham
- Ivan Samson as William Barton
References
External links
- {{IMDb title|0026490}}
- [https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/78339/honours-easy Honours Easy] at TCMDB
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Category:1930s English-language films
Category:Films directed by Herbert Brenon
Category:British black-and-white films
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