The Case for the Crown

1934 British film by George A. Cooper

The Case for the Crown

Directed by| George A. Cooper
Written by| Sherard Powell
Based on| short story An Error of Judgement by Anthony Gittins[1]
Produced by| George A. Cooper
Starring| Miles Mander
Meriel Forbes
Whitmore Humphries

Production
company

British and Dominions

Distributed by| Paramount British Pictures

Release date

* 9 November 1934 (1934-11-09)

Running time

| 70 minutes
Country| United Kingdom
Language| English

The Case for the Crown is a 1934 British crime film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Miles Mander, Meriel Forbes and Whitmore Humphries.[2] It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios as a quota quickie for release by Paramount Pictures.[3]

## Plot

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A business partner is found dead and the company accounts have been tampered with; but is it murder or suicide?

## Cast

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* Miles Mander as James L. Barton
* Meriel Forbes as Shirley Rainsford
* Whitmore Humphries as Roy Matherson
* Lawrence Anderson as Roxy
* David Horne as James Rainsford
* Gordon McLeod as Prosecution
* John Turnbull as Prof. Lawrence

## Critical reception

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TV Guide called it "another dull British courtroom drama."[4]

## References

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1. ^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 - via Google Books.
2. ^ "The Case for the Crown (1934)". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017.
3. ^ Wood p.81
4. ^ "The Case For The Crown". TVGuide.com.

## 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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* The Case for the Crown at IMDb

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The films of George A. Cooper

* The Shadow of Evil (1921)
* His Wife's Husband (1922)
* Geraldine's First Year (1922)
* Three to One Against (1923)
* The Reverse of the Medal (1923)
* Finished (1923)
* Constant Hot Water (1923)
* Darkness (1923)
* Claude Duval (1924)
* The Eleventh Commandment (1924)
* The Happy Ending (1925)
* Settled Out of Court (1925)
* Somebody's Darling (1925)
* If Youth But Knew (1926)
* Master and Man (1929)
* The World, the Flesh, the Devil (1932)
* The Roof (1933)
* The Man Outside (1933)
* Home, Sweet Home (1933)
* The Shadow (1933)
* Mannequin (1933)
* Puppets of Fate (1933)
* The Black Abbot (1934)
* Tangled Evidence (1934)
* The Case for the Crown (1934)
* Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor (1935)
* Anything Might Happen (1935)
* Royal Eagle (1936)
* Down Our Alley (1939)

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