Troubled Waters (1936 film)
Troubled Waters is a 1936 British mystery film directed by Albert Parker and starring James Mason, Virginia Cherrill, Alastair Sim, Raymond Lovell and Sam Wilkinson.[1]
| Troubled Waters | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Albert Parker |
| Produced by | John Findlay |
| Written by | Gerard Fairlie |
| Story by | W. P. Lipscomb and Reginald Pound |
| Starring | Alastair Sim Virginia Cherrill James Mason |
| Cinematography | Roy Kellino |
| Edited by | Cecil H. Williamson |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Company (UK) |
Release date | 4 February 1936 (London)(UK) |
Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Premise
A government agent (James Mason) exposes smugglers in a British town with a dwindling spring mineral water business.[2]
Cast
- Mac MacTavish - Alastair Sim
- June Elkhardt - Virginia Cherrill
- John Merriman - James Mason
- Carter - Raymond Lovell
- Dr Garthwaite - Bellenden Powell
- Lightning - Sam Wilkinson
- Timothy Golightly - Peter Popp
- Ezra Elkhardt - W.T. Ellwanger
Critical reception
TV Guide gave the film two out of four stars, and wrote, "The action is sustained throughout and Mason, as usual, is very good." This was not in response to the film's actual premiere but at least twenty years later, as the first TV Guide was not published until 1953.[3]
References
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