Crime on the Hill explained

Crime on the Hill is a 1933 British mystery film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring Sally Blane, Nigel Playfair and Lewis Casson.^[1] The plot was based on a successful play by Jack de Leon and Jack Celestin.^[2] It was made by British International Pictures at Welwyn Studios in autumn 1933.^[3] The film's sets were designed by the art director Duncan Sutherland.

Plot

A man tries to clear the name of his uncle who is wrongly convicted of a murdering the squire in a picturesque English village.

Cast

• Sally Blane as Sylvia Kennett
• Nigel Playfair as Doctor Moody
• Lewis Casson as Reverend Michael Gray
• Anthony Bushell as Tony Fields
• Phyllis Dare as Claire Winslow
• Judy Kelly as Alice Green
• George Merritt as Inspector Wolf
• Hal Gordon as Sergeant Granger
• Gus McNaughton as Collins
• Jimmy Godden as Landlord
• Hay Petrie as Jevons
• Kenneth Kove as Tourist
• Reginald Purdell as Reporter
• James Knight as Newspaper editor
• Norma Varden as Editor's secretary

Bibliography

• Richards, Jeffrey (ed.) The Unknown 1930s: An Alternative History of the British Cinema, 1929-1939. I.B. Tauris, 1998.

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20090114023305/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/61009 BFI.org
2. Richards p.189
3. Richards p.188