Silver Top

Silver Top is a 1938 British crime film directed by George King and starring Marie Wright, Betty Ann Davies, David Farrar and Marjorie Taylor.^[1]

Synopsis

A gang of criminals decide to swindle an elderly sweet shop owner living in a country village out of her money by producing her "long-lost son" who is really one of their gang. However, once he takes up his disguise he begins to become entranced with the quiet country village and falls in love with the Vicar's daughter. He ends up refusing to help his former criminal associates and reveals his true identity to the villagers.^[2]

Cast

• Marie Wright - Mrs Deeping
• Betty Ann Davies - Dushka Vernon
• Marjorie Taylor - Hazel Summers
• David Farrar - Babe
• Brian Buchel - Flash Gerald
• Bryan Herbert - Jem Withers
• Polly Emery - Martha Bains
• Isobel Scaife - Aggie Murbles

References

1. ^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/347669
2. ^ Shafer p.62

Bibliography

• Shafer, Stephen C. British Popular Films, 1929-1939: The Cinema of Reassurance. Routledge, 1997.

External links

• Silver Top at the Internet Movie Database