The Frog
For other uses, see Frog (disambiguation).
The Frog | |
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Directed by | Jack Raymond |
Produced by | Herbert Wilcox |
Written by |
Ian Hay (adaptation) Gerald Elliott (screenplay) |
Based on | novel The Fellowship of the Frog by Edgar Wallace |
Starring |
Noah Beery Jack Hawkins Richard Ainley |
Cinematography | Freddie Young (as F.A. Young) |
Edited by |
Merrill G. White (as Merrill White) Frederick Wilson (as Fred Wilson) |
Production company | |
Distributed by | General Film Distributors (UK) |
Release dates | 23 March 1937 (London) (UK) |
Running time | 75 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Frog is a 1937 British crime film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Noah Beery, Jack Hawkins and Richard Ainley.[1] The film is about the police chasing a criminal mastermind who goes by the name of The Frog. It was based on a novel by Edgar Wallace. It was followed by a loose sequel The Return of the Frog, the following year.
Cast
- Noah Beery as Joshua Broad
- Jack Hawkins as Captain Gordon
- Richard Ainley as Ray Bennett
- Vivian Gaye as Stella Bennett
- Gordon Harker as Sgt. Elk
- Esme Percy as Philo Johnson
- Felix Aylmer as John Bennett
- Carol Goodner as Lola Bassano
- Cyril Smith as PC Balder
- Harold Franklyn as Hagen
- Gordon McLeod as Chief Commissioner
- Julien Mitchell as John Maitland
Critical reception
Britmovie called it a "routine thriller" ;[2] while British Pictures wrote, "(it) 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." [3]
References
- ↑ "The Frog". BFI.
- ↑ "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 the Internet Movie Database
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