Landslide (1937 film)

1937 British film

Landslide

Directed by| Donovan Pedelty
Written by| Donovan Pedelty
David Evans
Produced by| Victor M. Greene
Starring|

* Jimmy Hanley
* Dinah Sheridan
* Jimmy Mageean
* Elizabeth Inglis

Production
company

Crusade Films

Distributed by| Paramount British Pictures

Release date

| January 1937

Running time

| 67 minutes
Country| United Kingdom
Language| English

Landslide is a 1937 British drama film directed by Donovan Pedelty and starring Jimmy Hanley, Dinah Sheridan and Jimmy Mageean. It was made at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie for release by Paramount Pictures.[1]

## Synopsis[edit]

Just after a performance by a visiting theatre troupe, when the audience has left, a murder victim is found in a Welsh theatre. A local policeman tells the remaining people that they must stay in the theatre while he summons help, but the torrential rain causes a landslide, trapping the actors and stage crew inside, along with the police officer and a local woman. 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 realise that the murderer is still in the building.

## Cast[edit]

* 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

## References[edit]

1. ^ Chibnall p.289

## Bibliography[edit]

* 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[edit]

* Landslide at IMDb

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The films of Donovan Pedelty

* School for Stars  (1935)
* Flame in the Heather (1935)
* The Early Bird (1936)
* The Luck of the Irish (1936)
* Landslide (1937)
* Behind Your Back (1937)
* First Night (1937)
* False Evidence (1937)
* Murder Tomorrow (1938)
* Irish and Proud of It (1938)
* Bedtime Story (1938)

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