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1929 film by Hans Steinhoff

The Alley Cat

Directed by	Hans Steinhoff
Written by	Anthony Carlyle (novel) Iris North
Produced by	Georg Jacoby Sidney Morgan
Starring	Mabel Poulton Jack Trevor Clifford McLaglen Shayle Gardner
Cinematography	Nicolas Farkas
Production companies	British & Foreign Orplid-Film
Distributed by	Messtro-Orplid
Release date	3 February 1929 (1929-02-03)
Running time	79 minutes
Countries	Germany United Kingdom
Languages	Silent English/German intertitles

The Alley Cat is a 1929 British-German silent drama film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Mabel Poulton, Jack Trevor and Clifford McLaglen. The film was made as a co-production between the British company British & Foreign and the German Orplid-Film. Its German title was Nachtgestalten. The film was shot in Britain, partly on location around the Docklands in London. Studio shooting took place at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin. It was based on a novel by Anthony Carlyle.

Cast

Mabel Poulton as Polly
Jack Trevor as Jimmy Rice
Clifford McLaglen as Simon Beck
Shayle Gardner as inspector Fordham
Margit Manstad as Melona Miller
Marie Ault as Ma

References

Passerini, Luisa; Labanyi, Jo; Diehl, Karen, eds. (2012). Europe and Love in Cinema. Chicago: Intellect Books. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-84150-672-2.

Bibliography

Low, Rachael (1971). The History of the British Film, 1918–1929. London: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-0-04-791021-0.

External links

The Alley Cat at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Hans Steinhoff
Clothes Make the Man (1921) Biribi (1922) The False Dimitri (1922) Inge Larsen (1923) Man Against Man (1924) Countess Maritza (1925) The Man Who Sold Himself (1925) The Master of Death (1926) Vienna – Berlin (1926) Sons in Law (1926) Family Gathering in the House of Prellstein (1927) The Tragedy of a Lost Soul (1927) The Bordello in Rio (1927) The Countess of Sand (1928) Angst (1928) The Three Kings (1929) The Alley Cat (1929) Everybody Wins (1930) Love's Carnival (1930) My Leopold (1931) The True Jacob (1931) Headfirst into Happiness (1931) The Paw (1931) Scampolo (1932) Madame Wants No Children (1933) Love Must Be Understood (1933) Hitler Youth Quex (1933) Decoy (1934) Enjoy Yourselves (1934) The Island (1934) Mother and Child (1934) The Valley of Love (1935) The Old and the Young King (1935) A Woman of No Importance (1936) Yesterday and Today (1938, short) Dance on the Volcano (1938) Robert Koch (1939) The Vulture Wally (1940) Uncle Krüger (1941) Rembrandt (1942) Gabriele Dambrone (1943) Melusine (1944)

Films directed by Hans Steinhoff

Clothes Make the Man (1921)
Biribi (1922)
The False Dimitri (1922)
Inge Larsen (1923)
Man Against Man (1924)
Countess Maritza (1925)
The Man Who Sold Himself (1925)
The Master of Death (1926)
Vienna – Berlin (1926)
Sons in Law (1926)
Family Gathering in the House of Prellstein (1927)
The Tragedy of a Lost Soul (1927)
The Bordello in Rio (1927)
The Countess of Sand (1928)
Angst (1928)
The Three Kings (1929)
The Alley Cat (1929)
Everybody Wins (1930)
Love's Carnival (1930)
My Leopold (1931)
The True Jacob (1931)
Headfirst into Happiness (1931)
The Paw (1931)
Scampolo (1932)
Madame Wants No Children (1933)
Love Must Be Understood (1933)
Hitler Youth Quex (1933)
Decoy (1934)
Enjoy Yourselves (1934)
The Island (1934)
Mother and Child (1934)
The Valley of Love (1935)
The Old and the Young King (1935)
A Woman of No Importance (1936)
Yesterday and Today (1938, short)
Dance on the Volcano (1938)
Robert Koch (1939)
The Vulture Wally (1940)
Uncle Krüger (1941)
Rembrandt (1942)
Gabriele Dambrone (1943)
Melusine (1944)

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