''77 Park Lane'' is a 1931 British thriller film directed by
Albert de Courville
Albert Pierre de Courville (26 March 1887 – 15 March 1960) (born in Croydon, England) was a writer and director of theatrical revues, many of which featured the actress and singer Shirley Kellogg, whom he married in June 1913.
Career
In abo ...
and starring
Dennis Neilson-Terry
Dennis Neilson-Terry (21 October 1895 – 14 July 1932) was a British actor, theatre manager and producer, who starred in a number of films between 1917 and 1932.
He was the son of the actor Fred Terry and his wife, the actress Julia Neilson ...
Malcolm Keen
Malcolm Keen (8 August 1887 – 30 January 1970) was an English actor of stage, film and television. He was sometimes credited as Malcolm Keane.Walter C. Hackett, and was shot at
Walton Studios
Walton Studios, previously named Hepworth Studios and Nettlefold Studios, was a film production studio in Walton-on-Thames in Surrey, England.77 Rue Chalgrin
''77 Rue Chalgrin'' is a 1931 mystery film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Jean Murat, Léon Bary and Suzy Pierson. It was made as the French-language version of the British film ''77 Park Lane'', based on a 1928 play by Walter C ...
'' and a Spanish-language version ''
Between Night and Day
''Between Night and Day'' (Spanish: ''Entre noche y día'') is a 1932 British mystery film directed by Albert de Courville and Fernando Gomis.Low p. 383 It was made at Walton Studios as the Spanish-language version of the British mystery film ''7 ...
'' were made at the same time.
Premise
At an upmarket gambling house in
Park Lane
Park Lane is a dual carriageway road in the City of Westminster in Central London. It is part of the London Inner Ring Road and runs from Hyde Park Corner in the south to Marble Arch in the north. It separates Hyde Park to the west from May ...
, a woman tries to save her brother from ruin.
Cast
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Dennis Neilson-Terry
Dennis Neilson-Terry (21 October 1895 – 14 July 1932) was a British actor, theatre manager and producer, who starred in a number of films between 1917 and 1932.
He was the son of the actor Fred Terry and his wife, the actress Julia Neilson ...
Malcolm Keen
Malcolm Keen (8 August 1887 – 30 January 1970) was an English actor of stage, film and television. He was sometimes credited as Malcolm Keane.Ben Welden
Ben Welden (born Benjamin Weinblatt; June 12, 1901 – October 17, 1997) was an American character actor who played a wide variety of Damon Runyon-type gangsters in various movies and television shows.
Early years
Welden was born in Toledo, Oh ...
as Sinclair
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Cecil Humphreys
Cecil Humphreys (1883–1947) was a British film and theatre actor who played in 46 films between 1916 and 1948, mostly in supporting roles as doctors, aristocrats, and generals. Among his best-known roles were Judge Linton, in the 1939 version ...
as Paul
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Esmond Knight
Esmond Penington Knight (4 May 1906 – 23 February 1987) was an English actor. He had a successful stage and film career before World War II. For much of his later career Knight was half-blind. He had been badly wounded in 1941 while on active ...
as Philip Connor
* Molly Johnson as Eve Grayson
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Roland Culver
Roland Joseph Culver, (31 August 1900 – 1 March 1984) was an English stage, film, and television actor.
Life and career
After Highgate School, he joined the Royal Air Force and served as a pilot from 1918 to 1919. After considering other c ...
as Sir Richard Carrington
* Molesworth Blow as George Malton
* John Turnbull as Superintendent
* Percival Coyte as Donovan