Passenger to London

1937 film

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Passenger to London

Directed by| Lawrence Huntington
Written by| David Evans
Produced by| Lawrence Huntington
Starring| John Warwick
Jenny Laird
Nigel Barrie
Cinematography| Stanley Grant
Edited by| Peter Tanner
Music by| Charles Cowlrick

Production
company

Fox British Pictures

Distributed by| Twentieth Century Fox

Release date

* June 1937 (1937-06)

Running time

| 57 minutes
Country| United Kingdom
Language| English

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.[1]

## Cast

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* 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

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Picturegoer considered the storyline as "too obvious" and the film being "too slow to be fully effective".[2]

## References

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1. ^ Chibnall p.296
2. ^ "Passenger to London". Pictuegoer. Vol. 7, no. 342\. 11 December 1937. p. 31 - via British Newspaper Archive.

## Bibliography

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* 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

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* Passenger to London at IMDb

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Films directed by Lawrence Huntington

* After Many Years (1930)
* Romance in Rhythm (1934)
* The Bank Messenger Mystery (1936)
* Strange Cargo (1936)
* Two on a Doorstep (1936)
* Cafe Mascot (1936)
* Full Speed Ahead (1936)
* Passenger to London (1937)
* Screen Struck (short, 1937)
* Twin Faces (1937)
* Dial 999 (1938)
* Bad Boy (1938)
* This Man Is Dangerous aka The Patient Vanishes (1941)
* Tower of Terror (1941)
* Suspected Person (1942)
* Women Aren't Angels (1943)
* Warn That Man (1943)
* Night Boat to Dublin (1946)
* Wanted for Murder (1946)
* The Upturned Glass (1947)
* When the Bough Breaks (1947)
* Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill (1948)
* Man on the Run (1949)
* The Franchise Affair (1951)
* There Was a Young Lady (1953)
* The Accused (1953)
* The Genie (1953)
* Thought to Kill (1954)
* The Red Dress (1954)
* Destination Milan (1954)
* Eight Witnesses (TV film, 1954)
* Contraband Spain (1955)
* Deadly Record (1959)
* The Fur Collar (1962)
* Stranglehold (1963)
* Death Drums Along the River (1963)
* The Vulture (1967)

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