''Pay Box Adventure'' is a 1936 British

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

directed by W. P. Kellino and starring

Syd Crossley Syd Crossley (18 November 1885 – 1 November 1960) was an English stage and film actor. Born in London in 1885, Crossley began his career as a music hall comedian. He appeared in more than 110 films, often cast as a butler, between 1925 an ...

Marjorie Corbett Marjorie Corbett (nee Hodgson) 12 May 1912 – 27 July 1995) was a British stage actor, stage, voice actress, puppeteer, and film actress, she was the wife of Sooty's creator, Harry Corbett.Wearing p.9 Earliest Appearances on Film Corbett a ...

and Roxie Russell. It was made at

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as a

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.Chibnall p.290

Cast

as Tom Furlong *

as Mary Blake * Roxie Russell as Enid Soames * Billy Watts as Jimmy Trevor * Eric Fawcett as Sidney Parke *

Molly Hamley-Clifford Molly Hamley-Clifford (born Irene Leila Hamley Clifford; 1 August 1887 – 7 June 1956) was a British stage and film actress. Early life Clifford was born on 1 August 1887 in Exeter the daughter of George W and Eliza Clifford. Selected filmo ...

as Mrs. Bartlett * George Turner as Gus

References

Bibliography

* Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute, 2007. * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

* 1936 films 1930s crime comedy films 1930s English-language films Films directed by W. P. Kellino Films shot at Station Road Studios, Elstree Quota quickies British and Dominions Studios films British crime comedy films British black-and-white films 1936 comedy films 1930s British films {{comedy-crime-film-stub