''Silver Top'' is a 1938 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

George King George King may refer to: Politics * George King (Australian politician) (1814–1894), New South Wales and Queensland politician * George King, 3rd Earl of Kingston (1771–1839), Irish nobleman and MP for County Roscommon * George Clift King (18 ...

and starring Marie Wright,

Betty Ann Davies Betty Ann Davies (24 December 1910 – 14 May 1955) was a British stage and film actress active from the 1920s to the 1950s. Davies made her first stage appearance at the Palladium in a revue in 1924. The following year she joined Cochran's Youn ...

, David Farrar and Marjorie Taylor. It 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 w ...

as a

quota quickie The Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 ('' 17 & 18 Geo. V'') was an act of the United Kingdom Parliament designed to stimulate the declining British film industry. It received Royal Assent on 20 December 1927 and came into force on 1 April 1928. D ...

Synopsis

A gang of criminals decide to swindle an elderly sweet shop owner living in a country village out of her money by producing her "long-lost son" who is really one of their gang. However, once he takes up his disguise he begins to become entranced with the quiet country village and falls in love with the Vicar's daughter. He ends up refusing to help his former criminal associates and reveals his true identity to the villagers.Shafer p.62

Cast

* Marie Wright as Mrs Deeping *

as Dushka Vernon * Marjorie Taylor as Hazel Summers * David Farrar as Babe * Brian Buchel as Flash Gerald * Bryan Herbert as Jem Withers *

Polly Emery Polly Emery (10 May 1875 – 31 October 1958) was an English actress of both silent and talking pictures.Profile
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as Martha Bains *

Isobel Scaife Isobel Scaife (1911–1985) was a British stage and film actress. Selected filmography * ''Old Faithful Old Faithful is a cone geyser in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, United States. It was named in 1870 during the Washburn–Langfo ...

as Aggie Murbles

References

Bibliography

* Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute, 2007. * Shafer, Stephen C. ''British Popular Films, 1929-1939: The Cinema of Reassurance''. Routledge, 1997.

External links

* 1938 films Films directed by George King 1938 crime films British crime films Films shot at Shepperton Studios Films set in England Quota quickies British black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films {{1930s-crime-film-stub