''Checkmate'' is a 1935 Ariston Films Limited British crime film directed by George Pearson at Boreham Wood Studios and starring Maurice Evans,

Felix Aylmer Sir Felix Edward Aylmer Jones, OBE (21 February 1889 – 2 September 1979) was an English stage actor who also appeared in the cinema and on television. Aylmer made appearances in films with comedians such as Will Hay and George Formby. Early ...

and Evelyn Foster. It was based on a novel by Amy Kennedy Gould. A Scotland Yard detective hunts down jewel thieves in London, but becomes involved with the daughter of the gang's boss.

Cast

* Maurice Evans as Phillip Allen *

as Henry Nicholls * Evelyn Foster as Mary Nicholls *

Sally Gray Constance Vera Browne, Baroness Oranmore and Browne (''née'' Stevens; 14 February 1915 – 24 September 2006), commonly known as Sally Gray, was an English film actress of the 1930s and 1940s. Her obituary in ''The Irish Times'' described he ...

as Jean Nicholls *

Donald Wolfit Sir Donald Wolfit, KBE (born Donald Woolfitt; Harwood, Ronald"Wolfit, Sir Donald (1902–1968)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, January 2008; accessed 14 July 2009 20 April 1902 � ...

as Jack Barton *

Wilfrid Caithness Wilfrid Caithness or Wilfred Caithness (1883–1954) was a British stage and film actor. He played the role of Sebastian Moran in the 1935 film '' The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes''.Reid p.163 Selected filmography * '' A Voice Said Goodnight '' ( ...

as Inspector Smith *

Percy Walsh Percy Walsh (24 April 1888 in Luton, Bedfordshire – 19 January 1952 in London) was a British stage and film actor. His stage work included appearing in the London premieres of R.C.Sherriff's ''Journey's End'' (1928) and Agatha Christie's ''And ...

as Mr. Curtail *

Ernest Jay Ernest Jay (18 September 1893 – 8 February 1957) was a British actor. Selected filmography * '' My Lucky Star'' (1933) - Press Agent * ''Tiger Bay'' (1934) - Alf * '' The Iron Duke'' (1934) - First Orderly * '' The Phantom Light'' (1935) ...

as Huntly * John Buckmaster as Mike Doyle

References

External links

* 1935 films Films directed by George Pearson 1935 crime films Films produced by Anthony Havelock-Allan British crime films Quota quickies Films set in London 1930s English-language films British black-and-white films British and Dominions Studios films Films shot at Imperial Studios, Elstree 1930s British films {{1930s-crime-film-stub