Crown v. Stevens

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Crown v. Stevens
Directed by	Michael Powell
Produced by	Irving Asher
Written by	Brock Williams
Starring	Beatrix Thomson Patric Knowles Glennis Lorimer
Cinematography	Basil Emmott
Editing by	Bert Bates
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release dates	August 3, 1936
Running time	66 min
Country	UK
Language	English

Crown v. Stevens is a 1936 British crime thriller film directed by Michael Powell. It was made as a Quota quickie.

Plot

An ex-dancer marries what she assumes to be a wealthy man. He instead turns out to be extremely poor. Owing a great deal of money herself, she contemplates cashing in on his life insurance.^[1]

Cast

Beatrix Thomson as Doris Stevens
Patric Knowles as Chris Jensen
Glennis Lorimer as Miss Molly Hobbes
Reginald Purdell as Alf
Allan Jeayes as Inspector Carter
Frederick Piper as Arthur Stevens
Googie Withers as Ella Levine
Mabel Poulton as Mamie

References

↑ http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/Crown-V-Stevens

External links

Crown v. Stevens at the Internet Movie Database
Crown v. Stevens at allmovie
Crown v. Stevens at the British Film Institute's Screenonline
Reviews and articles at the Powell & Pressburger Pages

v t e The films of Michael Powell

With and without Emeric Pressburger – films made with Emeric Pressburger are shown in bold

1930s	Two Crowded Hours My Friend the King The Rasp Rynox The Star Reporter Hotel Splendide C.O.D. His Lordship Born Lucky The Fire Raisers Red Ensign Something Always Happens The Girl in the Crowd Lazybones The Love Test The Night of the Party The Phantom Light The Price of a Song Someday Her Last Affaire The Brown Wallet Crown v. Stevens The Man Behind the Mask The Edge of the World Smith The Spy in Black The Lion Has Wings

1940s	The Thief of Bagdad Contraband An Airman's Letter to His Mother 49th Parallel One of Our Aircraft is Missing The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp The Volunteer A Canterbury Tale I Know Where I'm Going! A Matter of Life and Death Black Narcissus The Red Shoes The Small Back Room

1950s	The Elusive Pimpernel Gone to Earth The Tales of Hoffmann The Sorcerer's Apprentice Oh... Rosalinda!! The Battle of the River Plate Ill Met by Moonlight Luna de Miel

1960s	Peeping Tom The Queen's Guards Herzog Blaubarts Burg Espionage: "Never Turn Your Back on a Friend" Espionage: "The Frantick Rebel" Espionage: "A Free Agent" The Defenders: "The Sworn Twelve" The Doctors and the Nurses: "A39846" They're a Weird Mob Age of Consent

1970s	The Boy Who Turned Yellow Return to the Edge of the World

v t e Powell and Pressburger

The films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger

1930s	The Spy in Black The Lion Has Wings ¹

1940s	Contraband An Airman's Letter to His Mother ¹ 49th Parallel One of Our Aircraft is Missing The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp The Volunteer A Canterbury Tale I Know Where I'm Going! A Matter of Life and Death Black Narcissus The Red Shoes The Small Back Room

1950s	The Elusive Pimpernel Gone to Earth The Tales of Hoffmann Oh... Rosalinda!! The Battle of the River Plate Ill Met by Moonlight

1960s	Peeping Tom ¹ They're a Weird Mob Age of Consent ¹

1970s	The Boy Who Turned Yellow

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