The Villiers Diamond
Encyclopedia
The Villiers Diamond is a 1938 British
crime film
directed by Bernard Mainwaring
and starring Edward Ashley
, Evelyn Ankers
and Frank Birch
. A man is threatend with scandal when he accidentally acquires a stolen diamond.
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 Bernard Mainwaring
Bernard Mainwaring
-Selected filmography:* The Crimson Candle * Line Engaged * Old Roses * The Public Life of Henry the Ninth * Cross My Heart * Jennifer Hale * Member of the Jury...
and starring Edward Ashley
Edward Ashley
Edward Ashley was an Australian actor.-Selected filmography:* Underneath the Arches * The Villiers Diamond * Pride and Prejudice * Spies of the Air * Waxwork -External links:...
, Evelyn Ankers
Evelyn Ankers
Evelyn Ankers was a British actress born in Chile. She often played variations on the role of the cultured young leading lady in many American horror films during the 1940s, most notably The Wolf Man at age 23 opposite Lon Chaney, Jr., a frequent screen partner...
and Frank Birch
Frank Birch
Frank Birch was an English actor.- Selected filmography :...
. A man is threatend with scandal when he accidentally acquires a stolen diamond.
Cast
- Edward AshleyEdward AshleyEdward Ashley was an Australian actor.-Selected filmography:* Underneath the Arches * The Villiers Diamond * Pride and Prejudice * Spies of the Air * Waxwork -External links:...
- Captain Dawson - Evelyn AnkersEvelyn AnkersEvelyn Ankers was a British actress born in Chile. She often played variations on the role of the cultured young leading lady in many American horror films during the 1940s, most notably The Wolf Man at age 23 opposite Lon Chaney, Jr., a frequent screen partner...
- Joan Raymond - Frank BirchFrank BirchFrank Birch was an English actor.- Selected filmography :...
- Silas Wade - Liam GaffneyLiam GaffneyLiam Gaffney was an Irish film and television actor.-Selected filmography:* The Londonderry Air * The Villiers Diamond * Irish and Proud of It * The Four Just Men...
- Alan O'Connel - Leslie Harcourt - Barker
- Julie SuedoJulie Suedo-Selected filmography:* One Colombo Night * The Triumph of the Rat * One of the Best * Two Little Drummer Boys * A Window in Piccadilly * Afterwards * The White Sheikh...
- Mrs Forbes - Sybil Brooke - Miss Waring
- Bill ShineBill ShineBill Shine, born Wilfred William Dennis Shine, was a British theatre, film and television actor. Shine was born into a family of theatre actors; among others, Shine's father, mother, grandmother, two uncles and an aunt had worked in theatre. His father Wilfred Shine was a theatre actor who also...
- Joe - Margaret Davidge - Mrs. Benson