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The Big Noise (1936 British film)
The Big Noise is a 1936 British musical comedy film directed by Alex Bryce and starring Alastair Sim, Norah Howard and Fred Duprez. The film was a quota quickie made at Wembley Studios by the Hollywood studio Fox's British subsidiary.[1]
| The Big Noise | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Alex Bryce |
| Written by | Gerard Fairlie Gene Markey Harry Ruskin |
| Produced by | John Findlay |
| Starring | Alastair Sim Norah Howard Fred Duprez |
| Cinematography | Stanley Grant |
| Music by | Colin Wark |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Company |
Release date |
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Running time | 65 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Synopsis edit
A clerk in an oil company is promoted in order to make him the fall guy for a series of illegal transactions that have brought it to the brink of ruin, but instead manages to turn the business around
Cast edit
- Alastair Sim as Finny
- Norah Howard as Mary Miller
- Fred Duprez as Henry Hadley
- Grizelda Harvey as Consuelo
- C. Denier Warren as E. Pinkerton Gale
- Viola Compton as Mrs. Dayton
- Peter Popp as Jenkins
- Howard Douglas as Gluckstein
- Reginald Forsyth as Orchestra Leader
- Edie Martin as Old Lady
References edit
- ^ Wood p.89
Bibliography edit
- Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The British 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.