''Troubled Waters'' is a 1936 British
mystery film
A mystery film is a genre of film that revolves around the solution of a problem or a crime. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of an issue by means of clues, i ...
directed by
Albert Parker and starring
James Mason,
Virginia Cherrill
Virginia Cherrill (April 12, 1908 – November 14, 1996) was an American actress best known for her role as the blind flower girl in Charlie Chaplin's ''City Lights'' (1931).
Early life
Virginia Cherrill was born on a farm in rural Carthag ...
,
Alastair Sim
Alastair George Bell Sim, CBE (9 October 1900 – 19 August 1976) was a Scottish character actor who began his theatrical career at the age of thirty and quickly became established as a popular West End performer, remaining so until his ...
,
Raymond Lovell
Raymond Lovell (13 April 1900 – 1 October 1953) was a Canadian-born actor who performed in British films. He mainly played supporting roles, often somewhat pompous characters.
Lovell initially trained as a physician at Cambridge University, ...
and Sam Wilkinson. It was made at
Wembley Studios as a
quota quickie
The Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 ('' 17 & 18 Geo. V'') was an act of the United Kingdom Parliament designed to stimulate the declining British film industry. It received Royal Assent on 20 December 1927 and came into force on 1 April 1928.
D ...
by the British subsidiary of
Fox Film.
Premise
A government agent (James Mason) exposes smugglers in a British town with a dwindling spring mineral water business.
Cast
*
Alastair Sim
Alastair George Bell Sim, CBE (9 October 1900 – 19 August 1976) was a Scottish character actor who began his theatrical career at the age of thirty and quickly became established as a popular West End performer, remaining so until his ...
as Mac MacTavish
*
Virginia Cherrill
Virginia Cherrill (April 12, 1908 – November 14, 1996) was an American actress best known for her role as the blind flower girl in Charlie Chaplin's ''City Lights'' (1931).
Early life
Virginia Cherrill was born on a farm in rural Carthag ...
as June Elkhardt
*
James Mason as John Merriman
*
Raymond Lovell
Raymond Lovell (13 April 1900 – 1 October 1953) was a Canadian-born actor who performed in British films. He mainly played supporting roles, often somewhat pompous characters.
Lovell initially trained as a physician at Cambridge University, ...
as Carter
*Bellenden Powell as Dr Garthwaite -
* Sam Wilkinson as Lightning
* Peter Popp as Timothy Golightly
*W.T. Ellwanger as Ezra Elkhardt
Critical reception
''
TV Guide
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The company sold its print magazine division, TV Guide Magazine LLC, in 2008.
Corpora ...
'' gave the film two out of four stars, and wrote, "The action is sustained throughout and Mason, as usual, is very good." This was not in response to the film's actual premiere but at least twenty years later, as the first ''TV Guide'' was not published until 1953.
References
External links
1936 films
British mystery films
Films directed by Albert Parker
British black-and-white films
1936 mystery films
1930s English-language films
1930s British films
Quota quickies
Films shot at Wembley Studios
20th Century Fox films
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