''Under Proof'' is a 1936 British
comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...
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 Roland Gillett and starring
Betty Stockfeld
Betty Stockfeld (15 January 190527 January 1966), often misspelled "Stockfield", was an Australian film actress. She appeared mostly in British and French films.
Betty was the daughter of Sydney businessman Harry Hooper Stockfeld and Susan Eli ...
,
Tyrell Davis
Tyrell Davis (1902–1970) was a British film actor, Cambridge educated, who appeared on the West End and Broadway stage, as well as in British and American films.
Filmography
* '' Lucky in Love'' (1929)
* ''Mother's Boy'' (1929)
* ''His Glor ...
and
Judy Kelly.
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/ref> The screenplay concerns a man who is threatened into joining a gang of smugglers.
Cast
* Betty Stockfeld
Betty Stockfeld (15 January 190527 January 1966), often misspelled "Stockfield", was an Australian film actress. She appeared mostly in British and French films.
Betty was the daughter of Sydney businessman Harry Hooper Stockfeld and Susan Eli ...
... Vivian
* Tyrell Davis
Tyrell Davis (1902–1970) was a British film actor, Cambridge educated, who appeared on the West End and Broadway stage, as well as in British and American films.
Filmography
* '' Lucky in Love'' (1929)
* ''Mother's Boy'' (1929)
* ''His Glor ...
... Dudley
* Judy Kelly ... Corone
* Guy Middleton
Guy Middleton Powell (14 December 1906 – 30 July 1973), better known as Guy Middleton, was an English character actor, film character actor.
Biography
Guy Middleton was born in Hove, Sussex, and originally worked in the London Stock Exch ...
... Bruce
* Charles Farrell ... Spike
* Viola Compton ... Mrs. Richards
* David Horne ... Dr. Walton
* Edward Ashley
Edward Montague Hussey Cooper (August 12, 1906 – May 5, 2000) was an Australian born actor, later active in Britain and the United States. Known by his professional name of Edward Ashley (to avoid confusion with a fellow actor Edward Cooper) ...
... Ward Delaney
* Henry B. Longhurst
Henry B. Longhurst (February 1891 in Brighton, Sussex – 11 April 1970 in Reading, Berkshire, Reading, Berkshire) was a British actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Chin Chin Chinaman'' (1931) - Purser
* ''The Crooked Lady'' (1932) - John Morla ...
... Inspector Holt
References
External links
*
1936 films
1930s crime comedy films
British crime comedy films
British black-and-white films
1936 comedy films
1930s English-language films
1930s British films
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