The Great Gay Road is a 1931 British drama film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Stewart Rome, Frank Stanmore and Kate Cutler.[1]
| The Great Gay Road | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Sinclair Hill |
| Written by | Tom Gallon (novel) Leslie Howard Gordon |
| Produced by | Sinclair Hill |
| Starring | Stewart Rome Frank Stanmore Kate Cutler |
| Cinematography | Desmond Dickinson |
| Music by | Horace Shepherd |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Butcher's Film Service |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
It was adapted from the 1910 novel The Great Gay Road by Tom Gallon which had previously been made in a silent film The Great Gay Road in 1920. It was made by Stoll Pictures at Cricklewood Studios.[2] Location filming was done around Tunbridge Wells.
Cast
edit- Stewart Rome as Hilary Kite
- Frank Stanmore as Crook Perkins
- Kate Cutler as Aunt Jessie
- Arthur Hardy as Sir Crispin
- Pat Paterson as Nancy
- Billy Milton as Rodney
- Hugh E. Wright as Backus
- Frederick Lloyd as Colonel Trigg
- Ethel Warwick as Lizzie
- Wally Patch as Joe
- Petra Charpentier as Laura
- Alf Cordery as Big Jim
- Aubrey Fitzgerald as Waiter
- Charles Paton as Innkeeper
- Bruce Winston as Man in the Car
References
editBibliography
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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