''Number, Please'' is a 1931 British

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directed by George King and starring

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and Richard Bird. It was a quota quickie made at the Nettlefold Studios in Walton-upon-Thames.Wood p.72

Cast

as Peggy *

as Curtis Somers * Richard Bird as Jimmy * Frank Perfitt as McAllister * Iris Darbyshire as Vamp * Gladys Hamer as Darkie * Norman Pierce as Inspector * Quentin McPhearson *

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References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

* 1931 films British crime films British black-and-white films 1931 crime films Films directed by George King Films set in England Films shot at Nettlefold Studios Quota quickies Telephony in popular culture 20th Century Fox films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films {{1930s-UK-film-stub