Condemned to Death is a 1932 British crime film directed by Walter Forde and starring Arthur Wontner, Gillian Lind and Gordon Harker.[1] It was adapted from the play Jack O'Lantern by James Dawson which was itself based on a 1929 novel by George Goodchild.

Condemned to Death
French poster for the film
Directed byWalter Forde
Written by
Based onJack O'Lantern by James Dawson and George Goodchild
Produced byJulius Hagen
Starring
CinematographySydney Blythe
William Luff
Edited byJack Harris
Music byBaynham Honri
Production
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Distributed byWoolf & Freedman Film Service
Release date
  • 30 May 1932 (1932-05-30)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Thought to have been lost, "a cut version dubbed in French" was found as a result of a 1992 British Film Institute campaign to locate missing movies.[2]

Plot

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A respected judge leads a double life as a murderer.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Condemned to Death". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009.
  2. ^ Jo Botting. "Lost Then Found". British Film Institute Screenonline. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
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