Murder at Monte Carlo
Murder at Monte Carlo | |
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Directed by | Ralph Ince |
Written by | Michael Barringer John Hastings Turner |
Based on | novel by Tom Van Dycke |
Produced by | Irving Asher |
Starring | Errol Flynn |
Cinematography | Basil Emmott |
Production company | Warner Bros. First National |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Murder at Monte Carlo is a British 1934 mystery crime thriller film directed by
Plot
A Fleet Street reporter (Errol Flynn) investigates the claim of Dr Becker, a professor of mathematics, to possess an infallible system of beating the
Cast
- Errol Flynn as Dyter
- Eve Gray as Gilian
- Paul Graetz as Doctor Heinrich Becker
- Molly Lamont as Margaret Becker
- Ellis Irving as Marc Orton
- Laurence Hanray as Collum
- Henry Victor as Major
- Brian Buchel as Yates
- Peter Gawthorne as Duprez
- Gabriel Toyne as Wesley
- James Dale as Gustav
- Henry B. Longhurstas Editor
- Ernest Sefton as Sankey
Production
The film was a "
Release
The film was never released theatrically in the US. But in February 1956, Jack Warner sold the rights to all of his pre-December 1949 films to Associated Artists Productions (which merged with United Artists Television in 1958, and later was subsequently acquired by Turner Broadcasting System in early 1986 as part of a failed takeover of MGM/UA by Ted Turner).
According to Filmink magazine:
It was pretty impressive of Flynn to have bagged another movie lead but it must be remembered this was the era of wet fish British leading men – Barry Barnes, Leslie Banks, etc – and Flynn would have stood out among the alternatives on offer; he had the smooth appearance and cultured voice so beloved by British producers of the time, but he also had an athletic, virile appearance… Also, it was a cheap movie – they weren’t taking that much of a risk giving him a chance.[8]
See also
References
- ^ "Murder at Monte Carlo (1935)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
- ^ "Murder at Monte Carlo". www.imdb.com. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ "Murder at Monte Carlo / BFI Most Wanted". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ^ "Promising Australians / Fame Around the Corner". The Argus. 30 September 1935. p. 4.
- ^ "Teddington Studios Introduction". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ^ Connelly, Gerry 'Errol Flynn in Northampton' (Pub. Domra, 1998)
- ^ Tony Thomas, Rudy Behlmer, Clifford McCarty, The Films of Errol Flynn, Citadel Press, 1969, p. 23
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (2 November 2019). "The Films of Errol Flynn". Filmink.