''D'Ye Ken John Peel?'' (released in America as ''Captain Moonlight'') is a 1935 British adventure film directed by Henry Edwards and starring

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and

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. It was made at Julius Hagen's

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. It takes its name from the traditional hunting song of the same name. The film's sets were designed by the art director James A. Carter. Major John Peel returns to England from serving in the

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to discover that his friend Lucy Merrall is now engaged to be married to local villain Sir Charles Hawksley. Film critic David Parkinson, writing in ''

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'', gave the film 2 stars out of 5 and called the film a "a crusty old melodrama in the

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tradition", with

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"chewing the scenery with a delicious lack of restraint". He summarised: "This is anything but a lost classic, but there is the chance to see

as Sam Small, the character he adopted for so many of his famous monologues."

Cast

as Major John Peel *

as Lucy Merrall *

as Sam Small * John Stuart as Captain Moonlight / Captain Freeman *

as Sir Charles Hawksley / Mr. Craven * Mary Lawson as Toinette * Charles Carson as Francis Merrall *

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as Latimer *

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as Glover * Gabrielle Casartelli as Lizzie * O. B. Clarence as Ogleby * Charles Eaton * Cameron Hall * Peta Mannering *

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as 1st Ruffian Footman

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

* 1935 films British historical adventure films 1930s historical adventure films Films directed by Henry Edwards Films shot at Twickenham Film Studios Films set in the 1810s Films set in England British black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films {{1930s-UK-film-stub