''Second Thoughts'', also released as ''The Crime of Peter Frame'', is a 1938 British

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directed by Albert Parker and starring Frank Fox,

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, Frank Allenby and

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. It was made at Wembley Studios as a

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by the British subsidiary of

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Synopsis

The screenplay concerns a chemist who is left unhinged following a laboratory explosion and begins to plot a murder.

Cast

* Frank Fox as Tony Gordon *

as Molly Frame * Frank Allenby as Peter Frame * A. Bromley Davenport as George Gaunt *

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as Mrs Gaunt *

as Ellen * Bill Shine as Minor Role

Critical reception

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'' called it an "Undistinguished second feature in spite of all the spent rage."

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

* 1938 films 1938 drama films British drama films Films directed by Albert Parker British black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films Quota quickies Films shot at Wembley Studios 20th Century Fox films {{1930s-UK-film-stub