''The Third Eye'' is a 1929 British silent

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 Maclean Rogers and starring

Dorothy Seacombe Dorothy Seacombe (22 March 1906 – December 1994) was a British film actress. Filmography * ''Blinkeyes'' (1926) * '' The Flag Lieutenant'' (1926) * '' The Third Eye'' (1929) * ''The Loves of Robert Burns'' (1930) * ''Lord Richard in the Pantry ...

and

Hayford Hobbs Hayford Hobbs (25 August 1890 - 10 January 1957) was a leading British film actor of the silent era and later became a film director. He was born in London, England, in 1891. He made his first screen appearance in the 1915 film ''The Third Gener ...

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/ref> The screenplay concerns a financier's plot to rob banks.

Premise

As part of a plan to rob banks, a financier insists on installing new television technology in several branches.

Cast

as Marion Carstairs * Ian Harding as Tom Kennedy *

as Henry Fenton *

John F. Hamilton John F. Hamilton (November 7, 1893 – July 11, 1967) was an American-born actor who worked for many years in the theatre but only occasionally on film. He is probably best-remembered as Pops, father of Eva Marie Saint's character, in Elia Kaz ...

as Jim Carstairs * Cameron Carr as Inspector *

Jean Jay Charlotte Francis (birth name Charlotte Frances Jiggens born 1904) was an English actress best known for playing the lead role in the Australian film ''The Silence of Dean Maitland'' (1934) in which she appeared opposite her husband John Longden. ...

as Flash Annie * Beatrice Bell as Mrs. Carstairs * Syd Ellery as Piggott *

Harry J. Worth Harry J. Worth (6 February 1903 - 3 November 1975), was a British-born actor, appeared in British productions 1916-1929 and later appeared in a number of feature films after moving to Hollywood in 1935 to 1963. He was generally credited as Harr ...

as Commissioner Cosgrove *

Patrick Ludlow Patrick Ludlow (March 24, 1903 – January 27, 1996) was a British actor predominantly on stage, with his own touring theatre company from 1943. Filmography References External links * * 1903 births 1996 deaths People from Kensing ...

as Arthur Redfern *

Eric Wilton The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, or Eirik is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization). The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Norse languag ...

as Sir James Woodridge

References

External links

* 1929 films 1929 crime films British crime films British silent feature films Films set in England Films directed by Maclean Rogers Films shot at Nettlefold Studios British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films {{1920s-UK-film-stub