Honours Easy
Honours Easy is a 1935 British drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Greta Nissen, Patric Knowles and Margaret Lockwood. It follows a man who tries to take revenge on a rival for a slight seventeen years before by framing his son for theft.[1] It was based on the play Honours Easy by Roland Pertwee.[2]
Honours Easy | |
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Directed by | Herbert Brenon |
Produced by | Walter C. Mycroft |
Written by | Roland Pertwee |
Based on | play Honours Easy by Roland Pertwee |
Starring | Greta Nissen Margaret Lockwood Patric Knowles |
Cinematography | Ronald Neame |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Wardour Films (UK) |
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Running time | 62 min. |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
It was an early role for Margaret Lockwood.[3]
Plot
Unhinged art dealer William Barton (Ivan Samson) seeks revenge on a man who ruined his career years ago. He does so by attempting to frame the man's son for the theft of $2,500 from the safe in his gallery. However the son has an alibi in Barton's wife, with whom he is having an affair.
Cast
- Greta Nissen - Ursula Barton
- Patric Knowles - Harry Markham
- Margaret Lockwood - Ann
- George Graves - Colonel Bagnall
- W. H. Berry - Joe Budd
- Chili Bouchier - Kate
- Robert Rendel - Sir Henry Markham
- Ivan Samson - William Barton
References
- BFI.org
- Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
- Vagg, Stephen (29 January 2020). "Why Stars Stop Being Stars: Margaret Lockwood". Filmink.
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