''Gentlemen's Agreement'' is a 1935 British,

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by George Pearson and starring Frederick Peisley as Guy Carfax and

Vivien Leigh Vivien Leigh ( ; born Vivian Mary Hartley; 5 November 1913 – 8 July 1967), styled as Lady Olivier after 1947, was a British actress. After completing her drama school education, Leigh appeared in small roles in four films in 1935 and progress ...

as Phil Stanley. It was produced by

British & Dominions Film Corporation 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 historical ...

and Paramount British Pictures. According to the British Film Institute, there is no known print of this film.

Synopsis

A young doctor realises that his father is a

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Cast

* Frederick Peisley as Guy Carfax *

as Phil Stanley * Anthony Holles as Bill Bentley * David Horne as Sir Charles Lysle *

Vera Bogetti Vera Josephine Boggetti (5 October 1902 – 10 October 1985) was a British stage and film actress. She married Laurence J. Rickards in Hampstead, London in 1925, and the couple had a daughter, Pauline, in 1931, who died as an infant in 1932 ...

as Dora Deleamere * Victor Stanley as Williams *

Ronald Shiner Ronald Alfred Shiner (8 June 1903 – 29 June 1966) was a British stand-up comedian and comedy actor whose career encompassed film, West End theatre and music hall. Early life and career When he was seventeen, Shiner joined the Royal North-Wes ...

as Jim Ferrin * Kate Saxon as Mrs. Ferrin

References

External links

''Gentlemen's Agreement''
at the

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