The Frog
| The Frog | |
|---|---|
Herbert Wilcox Productions | |
| Distributed by | General Film Distributors (UK) |
Release date | 20 June 1937 (London) (UK)[1] |
Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Frog is a 1937 British
Cast
- Gordon Harker as Sgt. Elk
- Noah Beery as Joshua Broad
- Jack Hawkins as Captain Gordon
- Carol Goodner as Lola Bassano
- Richard Ainley as Ray Bennett
- Vivian Gaye as Stella Bennett
- Esme Percy as Philo Johnson
- Felix Aylmer as John Bennett
- Cyril Smith as PC Balder
- Harold Franklyn as Hagen
- Gordon McLeod as Chief Commissioner
- Julien Mitchell as John Maitland
Critical reception
Writing for Night and Day in 1937, Graham Greene gave the film a poor review, describing it as "badly directed [and] badly acted". He admitted that "it has an old-world charm" but complained that the "well-mannered dialogue drones on".[3]
Britmovie called it a "routine thriller",[4] while British Pictures observed that the film "suffers through being an adaptation of a theatre adaptation (by Ian Hay) of the original novel. Some of the exposition is clunky and at times confusing; and the direction needed someone like Walter Forde to make the most of it. Hawkins and Harker, in the roles they played on stage, hold it together."[5]
See also
- Mark of the Frog (1928, film serial)
- Der Frosch mit der Maske (1959)
References
- ^ 'The Frog: New Gallery (A) Sunday', News Chronicle, 19 June 1937, p.10
- ^ "The Frog". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
- ^ Graham Greene, 'We from Kronstadt/The Frog/Make Way for Tomorrow/Der Herrscher', Night and Day, 1 July 1937; reprinted in John Russell Taylor (ed), The Pleasure Dome, Oxford University Press 1980, p.150
- ^ "The Frog". britmovie.co.uk.
- ^ David Absalom. "ARCHIVE Fou - Fz: British Films of the 30s, 40s and 50s". britishpictures.com.
External links
- The Frog at IMDb
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