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Crown v. Stevens

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6.3/10 • 11

1936-08-031h 6m

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When an ex-dancer marries a man for his money she is surprised to find he is a real skinflint. She owes a lot of money to a loan-shark who is after her. However, her husband does carry a lot of life insurance.

Directors
Michael Powell
Writters
Brock Williams
Editors
Bert Bates

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  1. Beatrix Thomson

    Beatrix Thomson

    Doris Stevens

  2. Patric Knowles

    Patric Knowles

    Chris Jensen

  3. Glennis Lorimer

    Glennis Lorimer

    Miss Molly Hobbes

  4. Reginald Purdell

    Reginald Purdell

    Alf

  5. Allan Jeayes

    Allan Jeayes

    Inspector Carter

  6. Frederick Piper

    Frederick Piper

    Arthur Stevens

  7. Googie Withers

    Googie Withers

    Ella Levine

  8. Mabel Poulton

    Mabel Poulton

    Mamie

  9. Davina Whitehouse

    Davina Whitehouse

    Maggie - Stevens' Maid

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CinemaSerf

Sep 3, 2022

6/10

This is quite a decent little pot boiler that sees "Doris" (Beatrix Stevens) married to her wealthy, but thrifty husband "Alf" (Reginald Purdell). Now to put it mildly, she is pretty beastly to him and as she finally tires of his reluctance to waste his money on her, she conceives of a plan to get shot of him and claim his substantial life insurance - and she manages to embroil his rather naive, but equally cash-strapped, employee "Jensen" (Patric Knowles) in her plotting too. The title is a touch misleading; this isn't remotely a court-room drama. It is, though, quite a niftily paced drama about a greedy woman with a distinctly dodgy moral compass who ultimately comes a cropper in rather underwhelming fashion. There is no real jeopardy to the simple plot, indeed the whole thing is pretty much join-the-dots cinema, but you can see here that Knowles has a little je ne sais quoi about him. Although the production is distinctly basic, it still passes an hour effortlessly enough.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
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