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The Case for the Crown is a 1934 British crime film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Miles Mander, Meriel Forbes and Whitmore Humphries. It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios as a quota quickie for release by Paramount Pictures.

Plot

A business partner is found dead and the company accounts have been tampered with; but is it murder or suicide?

Cast

• Miles Mander as James L. Barton
• Meriel Forbes as Shirley Rainsford
• Whitmore Humphries as Roy Matherson
• Lawrence Anderson as Roxy
• David Horne as James Rainsford
• Gordon McLeod as Prosecution
• John Turnbull as Prof. Lawrence

Critical reception

TV Guide called it "another dull British courtroom drama."

References

1. Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
2. "The Case for the Crown (1934)". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017.
3. Wood p.81
4. "The Case For The Crown". TVGuide.com.

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 Case for the Crown at IMDb

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