Landslide (1937 film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = Landslide
| image = Landslide_film_Opening_titles_(1937).jpg
| caption = Opening titles
| director = Donovan Pedelty
| producer = Victor M. Greene
| writer = Donovan Pedelty
David Evans
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| starring = {{ubl|Jimmy Hanley|Dinah Sheridan|Jimmy Mageean|Elizabeth Inglis}}
| music =
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| studio = Crusade Films
| distributor = Paramount British Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1937|01}}
| runtime = 67 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
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Landslide is a 1937 British drama film directed by Donovan Pedelty and starring Jimmy Hanley, Dinah Sheridan and Jimmy Mageean.{{Cite web |title=Landslide |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150032448 |access-date=9 October 2024 |publisher=British Film Institute}} It was written by Pedelty and David Evans.
Plot
After a visiting theatre troupe's performance concludes and the audience departs, a murder victim is found in a Welsh theatre. A local police officer instructs the remaining people that they must stay in the theatre while he seeks assistance. However, a torrential rain causes a landslide, leaving the actors, stage crew, police officer and local woman stranded in the theatre. They are trapped there for days with their only food what the local woman had in her bag – a small piece of cheese and her fish and chips. Then one of the people is attacked, and they realize that the murderer is still in the building.
Cast
- Jimmy Hanley as Jimmy Haddon
- Dinah Sheridan as Dinah Shaw
- Jimmy Mageean as Harry McGovern
- Ann Cavanagh as Lena Petrie
- Elizabeth Inglis as Vera Grant
- Bruno Barnabe as Bob White
- David Arnold as Sgt. Llewellyn
Production
Reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The story, direction and production are all by Donovan Pedelty. This is too great a task for one man, and the film has suffered in consequence. In spite of this, and an uneasiness on the part of the players in becoming hysterical, the film manages to be entertaining in its own harrowing way. Dinah Sheridan and Jimmy Hanley promise well for the future and the support is quietly competent."{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1937 |title=Landslide |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305800231 |journal=The Monthly Film Bulletin |volume=4 |issue=37 |pages=10 |url-access=subscription |via=ProQuest}}
Kine Weekly wrote: "Pathological crime drama, original in theme and atmosphere, but less than third rate in acting, treatment and presentation."{{Cite journal |date=14 January 1937 |title=Landslide |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2339756589 |journal=Kine Weekly |volume=239 |issue=1552 |pages=18 |url-access=subscription |via=ProQuest}}
Picturegoer wrote: "Donovan Pedelty has written an ingenious story dealing with murder of the cashier of a stranded travelling show. ... Unfortunately, neither treatment nor presentation does justice to the psychology of the theme. The acting, too, is generally weak and, instead of becoming strong drama, the picture turns into unconscious burlesque."{{Cite journal |date=6 June 1937 |title=Landslide |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1771121200 |journal=Picturegoer |volume=7 |pages=32 |url-access=subscription |via=ProQuest}}
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Promising but muffed thriller."{{Cite book |last=Quinlan |first=David |title=British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 |publisher=B.T. Batsford Ltd. |year=1984 |isbn=0-7134-1874-5 |location=London |pages=97}}
References
External links
- {{IMDb title|0165357}}
{{Donovan Pedelty}}
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Donovan Pedelty
Category:Films shot at Wembley Studios