''Line Engaged'' is a 1935 British,
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directed by
Bernard Mainwaring and starring
Bramwell Fletcher, Jane Baxter and
Arthur Wontner.
It was produced by
British Lion Film Corporation.
Plot
Eva Rutland (played by
Jane Baxter), the wife of caddish Gordon (
Leslie Perrins), is in love with David Morland (
Bramwell Fletcher), a successful novelist. David's father, an Inspector (
Arthur Wontner) gives his son a cast iron murder plot. Later, when Gordon is shot, it seems David has fulfilled his father's hypothetical musings.
Cast
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Bramwell Fletcher as David Morland
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Jane Baxter as Eva Rutland
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Arthur Wontner as Insp. Morland
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Mary Clare
Mary Clare Absalom (17 July 1892 – 29 August 1970) was a British actress of stage, film and television.
Biography
Daughter of George Alfred Absalom, Clare was educated at Wood Green secondary school, first worked in an office but a loan ...
as Mrs. Gardner
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Leslie Perrins as Gordon Rutland
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George Merritt as Sgt. Thomas
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Kathleen Harrison as Maid
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John Turnbull as Supt. Harrison
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Coral Browne as Doreen
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Ronald Shiner as Ryan
References
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1935 films
1930s thriller films
British black-and-white films
Films directed by Bernard Mainwaring
British thriller films
British Lion Films films
Films produced by Herbert Smith (producer)
1930s English-language films
1930s British films
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