The Crooked Lady

The Crooked Lady
Directed by	Leslie S. Hiscott
Written by	H. Fowler Mear
Based on	novel The Crooked Lady by William S. Stone[1]
Produced by	Julius Hagen
Starring	George Graves Isobel Elsom Austin Trevor
Production company	Real Art Productions
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (UK)
Release date	March 1932 (1932-03) (UK)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Crooked Lady is a 1932 British drama film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring George Graves, Isobel Elsom, Ursula Jeans and Austin Trevor. A quota quickie, it was filmed at Twickenham Studios.^[2]

Cast

• George Graves as Sir Charles Murdoch
• Isobel Elsom as Miriam Sinclair
• Ursula Jeans as Joan Collinson
• Austin Trevor as Captain James Kent
• Alexander Field as Slim Barrett
• Edmund Willard as Joseph Garstin
• S. J. Warmington as Inspector Hilton
• Frank Pettingell as Hugh Weldon
• Moore Marriott as Crabby
• Henry B. Longhurst as John Morland
• Paddy Browne as Susie

Plot

An ex army officer is forced to resort to a life of crime.^[3]

References

1. Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
2. Wood p.74
3. "The Crooked Lady (1932)". Archived from the original on 15 January 2009.

Bibliography

• 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

• The Crooked Lady at IMDb