''The Case for the Crown'' is a 1934 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 A. Cooper George Alphonsus Cooper (7 March 1925 – 16 November 2018) was an English actor and voice artist. He died in November 2018 at the age of 93. Early life Cooper was born in Leeds, the son of William and Eleanor (née Dobson) Cooper. His father ...

and starring Miles Mander, Meriel Forbes and Whitmore Humphries. It was made at

British and Dominions Elstree Studios Imperial Studios were the studios of the British and Dominions Film Corporation, a short-lived British film production company located at Imperial Place, Elstree Way, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. The studios (one of several facilities historica ...

as a quota quickie for release by

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Plot

A business partner is found dead and the company accounts have been tampered with; but is it murder or suicide?

Cast

* Miles Mander as James L. Barton * Meriel Forbes as Shirley Rainsford * Whitmore Humphries as Roy Matherson * Lawrence Anderson as Roxy * David Horne as James Rainsford * Gordon McLeod as Prosecution * John Turnbull as Prof. Lawrence

Critical reception

'' TV Guide'' called it "another dull British courtroom drama."

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

* 1934 films 1934 crime films British crime films Films directed by George A. Cooper Films set in England Quota quickies Paramount Pictures films British and Dominions Studios films Films shot at Imperial Studios, Elstree British black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films {{1930s-UK-film-stub