White Face is a 1932 British

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 T. Hayes Hunter

T. Hayes Hunter

T. Hayes Hunter was an American film director of the silent era. He directed 34 films between 1912 and 1934.He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died in London, England...

 and starring Hugh Williams

Hugh Williams

Hugh Williams was an English actor and dramatist of Welsh descent.-Personal life:...

, 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...

 and Renee Gadd

Renee Gadd

Renee Gadd was an Argentine-born British film actress. She acted mostly in British films.-Early life:Gadd was born on a ranch in Bahía Blanca, Argentina in 1908 to immigrants from Jersey. Her father Talbot Gadd was a railway executive who abandoned the family, after which they moved to England in...

. A Doctor becomes a blackmailer and a jewel thief in order to raise funds for a hospital in East London but is uncovered by an ambitious reporter. It was based on a play by Edgar Wallace

Edgar Wallace

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was an English crime writer, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright, who wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and numerous articles in newspapers and journals....

. The film is now lost

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, but the screenplay

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 still exists. It was while they were working on this film that the affair between Hugh Williams and Renee Gadd began.

Cast

• Hugh Williams
  Hugh Williams
  Hugh Williams was an English actor and dramatist of Welsh descent.-Personal life:...
  
   - Michael Seeley
• 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...
  
   - Sam Hackett
• Norman McKinnel
  Norman McKinnel
  Norman McKinnel was a Scottish stage and film actor and playwright, active from the 1890s until his death...
  
   - Inspector Mason
• Renee Gadd
  Renee Gadd
  Renee Gadd was an Argentine-born British film actress. She acted mostly in British films.-Early life:Gadd was born on a ranch in Bahía Blanca, Argentina in 1908 to immigrants from Jersey. Her father Talbot Gadd was a railway executive who abandoned the family, after which they moved to England in...
  
   - Janice Harman
• Richard Bird
  Richard Bird
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   - Donald Bateman
• Nora Swinburne
  Nora Swinburne
  Nora Swinburne was a British actress, born Leonora Mary Johnson in Bath, Somerset, daughter of Henry Swinburne Johnson and his wife Leonora Tamar ....
  
   - Inez Landor
• Leslie Perrins
  Leslie Perrins
  Leslie Perrins was an English actor who often played villains. In his long career, he appeared in well over 60 films...
  
   - Louis Landor
• J.H. Roberts - Doctor Marford
• D.A. Clarke-Smith - Dr. Rudd
• Gibb McLaughlin
  Gibb McLaughlin
  Gibb McLaughlin was an English film actor. He appeared in 118 films between 1921 and 1959. He was born in Sunderland, England and died in London, England.-Selected filmography:* The Road to London...
  
   - Sgt. Elk
• Jeanne Stuart
  Jeanne Stuart
  Jeanne Stuart , born Ivy Sweet, was a British stage and film actress.Using the stage name Jeanne Stuart, she performed on the London stage, on Broadway, and in motion pictures...
  
   - Gloria Gaye
• Clare Greet
  Clare Greet
  Clare Greet was an English film actress. She appeared in 26 films between 1921 and 1939, including six films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.She was born in England and died in London....
  
  - Mrs. Albert