The Crouching Beast (1936)

Film details

Featuring

Wynne Gibson Fritz Kortner Richard Bird
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1936
Genre

War
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

1915: A British agent, who has escaped from a Turkish fortress, explains his mission in a few hurried words to an American journalist. He is shot leaving her house and she is left to find the plans of the new Dardenelles fortifications.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Gail Dunbar
    
    Wynne Gibson
  - Ahmed Bey
    
    Fritz Kortner
  - Nigel Druce
    
    Richard Bird
  - Pelligrini
    
    Isabel Jeans
  - Prince Dmitri
    
    Andrews Engelmann
  - Rudi von Linz
    
    Fred Conyngham
  - Kadir Pasha
    
    Peter Gawthorne
  - Major Abbot
    
    Ian Fleming
  - Ottillie
    
    Marjorie Mars
  - cast member
    
    Gus McNaughton
  - cast member
    
    Bromley-davenport, A.
  - cast member
    
    Margaret Yarde
  - cast member
    
    Bela Mila
  - cast member
    
    Betty Shale
  - cast member
    
    Emery, Polly
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Hanbury, W. Victor
  - Production Company
    
    Radio-Stafford
  - Producer
    
    John Stafford
  - Assistant Director
    
    Foord, R.
  - Assistant Director
    
    J. Green
  - Screenplay
    
    L. Dugarde Peach
  - Original novel
    
    Valentine Williams
  - Photography
    
    James Wilson
  - Editor
    
    David Lean
  - Set Designer
    
    Duncan Sutherland
  - Music
    
    Beaver, J.
  - Sound Recording
    
    Thornton, C.
  - Studio
    
    Regent Studios

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