''Three Witnesses'' is a 1935 British

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directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Henry Kendall, Eve Gray and Sebastian Shaw. It was made at

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as a

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.Low p.88 The screenplay concerns a man who is arrested on suspicion of murdering his brother.

Premise

After one of the partners in a

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company is murdered, his brother is arrested on suspicion of the crime. A

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sets out to prove his innocence.

Cast

* Henry Kendall as Leslie Trent * Eve Gray as Margaret Truscott * Sebastian Shaw as Roger Truscott *

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as Charles Rowton *

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as Mark Boddington * Richard Cooper as Claude Pember *

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as Diana Morton * Noel Dryden as Cyril Truscott *

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as Mr Albert Bellman *

Gladys Hamer Gladys Hamer (27 May 1884 – 13 March 1967) was a British stage and film actress. She appeared in a number of silent and early sound films. Selected filmography * '' Mary-Find-the-Gold'' (1921) * '' Monty Works the Wires'' (1921) * '' The Re ...

as Mrs. Bellman *

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* Henry Wolston

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 crime films 1935 crime films 1930s English-language films Films directed by Leslie S. Hiscott Films shot at Twickenham Film Studios Films set in England Films set in London Quota quickies British black-and-white films 1930s British films English-language crime films {{1930s-UK-film-stub