''Menace'' is a 1934 British
crime film directed by
Adrian Brunel
Adrian Brunel (4 September 1892 – 18 February 1958) was an English film director and screenwriter. Brunel's directorial career started in the silent era, and reached its peak in the latter half of the 1920s. His surviving work from the 1920s, ...
and starring
Victor Varconi
Victor Varconi (born Mihály Várkonyi; March 31, 1891 – June 6, 1976) was a Hungarian actor who initially found success in his native country, as well as in Germany and Austria, in silent films, before relocating to the United States, where ...
,
Joan Maude
Joan Maude (16 January 1908 – 28 September 1998) was an English actress, active from the 1920s to the 1950s. She is probably best known for playing the Chief Recorder in the 1946 Powell and Pressburger film '' A Matter of Life and Death''.
Th ...
and
D. A. Clarke-Smith. The film was made at
Shepperton Studios
Shepperton Studios is a film studio located in Shepperton, Surrey, England, with a history dating back to 1931. It is now part of the Pinewood Studios Group. During its early existence, the studio was branded as Sound City (not to be confused ...
by the
Sound City production company. It was released in America under the
alternative title
An alternative title is a media sales device most prominently used in film distribution. Books and films are commonly released under a different title when they are screened or sold in a different country. This can vary from small change to the ...
s ''When London Sleeps'' and ''Without Warning''.
Cast
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Victor Varconi
Victor Varconi (born Mihály Várkonyi; March 31, 1891 – June 6, 1976) was a Hungarian actor who initially found success in his native country, as well as in Germany and Austria, in silent films, before relocating to the United States, where ...
as Stephen Ronsart
*
Joan Maude
Joan Maude (16 January 1908 – 28 September 1998) was an English actress, active from the 1920s to the 1950s. She is probably best known for playing the Chief Recorder in the 1946 Powell and Pressburger film '' A Matter of Life and Death''.
Th ...
as Lady Conway
*
D. A. Clarke-Smith as Sir Robert Conway
* Hubert Leslie as Mr. Jones
* Joan Matheson as Mrs. Jones
* J.A. O'Rourke as O'Leary
*
Shayle Gardner
Shayle Gardner (22 August 1890 – 17 May 1945) was an actor from New Zealand actor.
Partial filmography
* '' The Indian Love Lyrics'' (1923)
* '' St. Elmo'' (1923)
* '' The Chinese Bungalow'' (1926)
* ''Tommy Atkins'' (1928)
* '' Sailors Don't Ca ...
as Commissioner
*
Wilfred Noy
Wilfred Noy (born Wilfred Noy Blumberg, 24 December 1883 – 29 March 1948) was an English film director, actor, screenwriter and producer of the silent era. Noy was the maternal uncle of Leslie Howard.Eforgan, Estel. Leslie Howard: The Los ...
as Dean
Bibliography
* Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' film''. British Film Institute, 2007.
* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film: Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985 .
External links
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1934 films
1934 crime films
British crime films
Films shot at Shepperton Studios
Films directed by Adrian Brunel
British black-and-white films
1930s English-language films
1930s British films
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