Passenger to London
{{short description|1937 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Passenger to London
| image = File:Passenger to London.jpg
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| director =Lawrence Huntington
| producer = Lawrence Huntington
| writer = David Evans
| narrator =
| starring =John Warwick
Jenny Laird
Nigel Barrie
| music = Charles Cowlrick
| cinematography = Stanley Grant
| editing = Peter Tanner
| studio = Fox British Pictures
| distributor =Twentieth Century Fox
| released = {{Film date|1937|06}}
| runtime = 57 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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Passenger to London is a 1937 British espionage thriller film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring John Warwick, Jenny Laird and Nigel Barrie. It was shot at Wembley Studios in London as a quota quickie by the British subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox.Chibnall p.296
Cast
- John Warwick as Frank Drayton
- Jenny Laird as Barbara Lane
- Paul Neville as Vautel
- Ivan Wilmot as Veinberg
- Aubrey Pollock as Sir James Garfield
- Victor Hagen as Carlton
- Nigel Barrie as Sir Donald Frame
- Sybil Brooke as Miss Park
- Dorothy Dewhurst as Manageress
Reception
Picturegoer considered the storyline as "too obvious" and the film being "too slow to be fully effective".{{cite magazine |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004673/19371211/149/0031 |title=Passenger to London |magazine=Pictuegoer |date=11 December 1937 |page=31 |issue=342 |volume=7 |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}
References
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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
- {{IMDb title|0134884}}
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Category:British black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Lawrence Huntington
Category:British thriller films
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:Films shot at Wembley Studios
Category:20th Century Fox films
Category:English-language thriller films
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