The Face at the Window | |
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Directed by | Leslie S. Hiscott |
Written by | H. Fowler Mear |
Based on | the play The Face at the Window by Brooke Warren |
Produced by | Julius Hagen |
Starring |
Raymond Massey Claude Hulbert Isla Bevan |
Cinematography | Sydney Blythe |
Production company | Real Art Productions |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date | 18 October 1932 |
Running time | 52 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Face at the Window is a 1932 British drama film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Raymond Massey, Claude Hulbert and Isla Bevan. It was made at Twickenham Studios as a quota quickie. [1] It is based on a play of the same name by F. Brooke Warren first performed in 1897. [2]
Opening in the shadowed half-light of a bank vault in Paris, where a watchman has been mysteriously murdered, the picture centres around the methods of detective Paul Le Gros - played by Raymond Massey - to solve the identity of a masked criminal called "Le Loup" (The Wolf), who kills with an injection of poison with a finger ring. As Peter Pomeroy, the detective's useless assistant, Claude Hulbert provides a spot of comedy.