White Face
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White Face (aka Edgar Wallace's White Face the Fiend) is a 1932 British crime film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring Hugh Williams, Gordon Harker and Renee Gadd. The film is based on a play by Edgar Wallace.[1]
Plot
A doctor becomes a blackmailer and a jewel thief in order to raise funds for a hospital in East London but is uncovered by an ambitious reporter.
Preservation status
The film is now considered a lost film, but the screenplay still exists.[2] While working on this film, an affair between Hugh Williams and Renee Gadd began.[3]
Cast
- Hugh Williams - Michael Seeley
- Gordon Harker - Sam Hackett
- Norman McKinnel - Inspector Mason
- Renee Gadd - Janice Harman
- Richard Bird - Donald Bateman
- Nora Swinburne - Inez Landor
- Leslie Perrins - Louis Landor
- J.H. Roberts - Doctor Marford
- D.A. Clarke-Smith - Dr. Rudd
- Gibb McLaughlin - Sgt. Elk
- Jeanne Stuart - Gloria Gaye
- Clare Greet - Mrs. Albert
References
- ↑ BFI Database entry
- ↑ Sweet p.90
- ↑ Sweet p.88-90
Bibliography
- Sweet, Matthew. Shepperton Babylon: The Lost Worlds of British Cinema (Faber and Faber, 2005)
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