Condemned to Death
Encyclopedia
Condemned to Death is a 1932 British
crime film
directed by Walter Forde
and starring Arthur Wontner
, Gillian Lind and Gordon Harker
. It was adapted from the play Jack O'Lantern by James Dawson
which was itself based on a novel by George Goodchild.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
crime film
Crime film
Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. Criminal acts are almost always glorified in these movies.- Plays and films...
directed by Walter Forde
Walter Forde
Walter Forde was a British actor, Screenwriter and Director. Born in Bradford, Yorkshire in 1896 he directed over fifty films between 1920 and 1949.-Silent era filmography:* The Wanderer * The Handyman ...
and starring Arthur Wontner
Arthur Wontner
Arthur Wontner was a British actor best known for playing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's master detective Sherlock Holmes in five films from 1931 to 1937...
, Gillian Lind and Gordon Harker
Gordon Harker
Gordon Harker was an English film actor. He appeared in 68 films between 1921 and 1959, including three films directed by Alfred Hitchcock and a cameo appearance in Elstree Calling , a revue film co-directed by Hitchcock...
. It was adapted from the play Jack O'Lantern by James Dawson
James Dawson
James Dawson is a writer and critic. He is the author of the suspense novels Wasted Talents and Hollywood Deadline...
which was itself based on a novel by George Goodchild.
Cast
- Arthur Wontner – Sir Charles Wallington
- Gillian Lind – Kate Banting
- Gordon HarkerGordon HarkerGordon Harker was an English film actor. He appeared in 68 films between 1921 and 1959, including three films directed by Alfred Hitchcock and a cameo appearance in Elstree Calling , a revue film co-directed by Hitchcock...
– Sam Knudge - Cyril RaymondCyril RaymondCyril William North Raymond MBE was a British character actor....
– Jim Wrench - Jane WelshJane Welsh-Selected filmography:* The Bells * The Missing Rembrandt * Whispering Tongues * Little Dolly Daydream * Bell-Bottom George * Just William's Luck * William Comes to Town...
– Sonia Wallington - Norah HowardNorah Howard-Selected filmography:* Love, Life and Laughter * Car of Dreams * Fighting Stock * I've Got a Horse * The Saint in London * The Lambeth Walk * An Englishman's Home * Two Loves...
– Gwen Banting - Edmund GwennEdmund GwennEdmund Gwenn was an English theatre and film actor.-Background:Born Edmund John Kellaway in Wandsworth, London , and educated at St. Olave's School and later at King's College London, Gwenn began his acting career in the theatre in 1895...
– Banting - Griffith Humphreys – Professor Michaels
- T. Gordon Blythe – Ali
- James CunninghamJames Cunningham-Politics:* Jim Cunningham , Labour MP in the United Kingdom* James Cunningham , former member of the Canadian House of Commons from British Columbia...
– Inspector Sweeting - Gilbert Davis – Doctor Cornell
- Bernard Brunel – Tobias Lantern
- H. St. Barbe West – Sir Rudolph Cantler