The Avenging Hand is a 1936 British crime film directed by Victor Hanbury and Frank Richardson and starring Noah Beery, Louis Borel and Kathleen Kelly.[1]

The Avenging Hand
Directed byVictor Hanbury
Frank Richardson
Written byReginald Long
Ákos Tolnay
Produced byJohn Stafford
StarringNoah Beery
Louis Borel
Kathleen Kelly
CinematographyJames Wilson
Edited bySidney Cole
Music byJack Beaver
Production
company
John Stafford Productions
Distributed byRKO Pictures
Release date
28 September 1936
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

It was made at Welwyn Studios as a quota quickie. Duncan Sutherland worked on the film's sets.

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A Chicago gangster staying in a London hotel tries to solve the murder of one of the other guests.

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References edit

  1. ^ Wood p.93

Bibliography edit

  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

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