''Old Roses'' is a 1935 British

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

directed by

Bernard Mainwaring Bernard Mainwaring (1897-1963) was a British film director. Selected filmography * ''The Crimson Candle'' (1934) * ''Whispering Tongues'' (1934) * ''Line Engaged'' (1935) * ''Old Roses'' (1935) * ''The Public Life of Henry the Ninth'' (1935) * '' ...

and starring Horace Hodges, Nancy Burne and Bruce Lester.BFI.org
/ref> The screenplay concerns an elderly man who assists the police in solving a murder, but accidentally reveals his own criminal past in the process.

Cast

* Horace Hodges as Johnnie Lee * Nancy Burne as Jenny Erroll * Bruce Lester as Chris Morgan * Charles Mortimer as John Morgan * Felix Aylmer as Lord Sandelbury * Wilfred Walter as Sweeton * Esme Church as Mrs Erroll * George Hayes Simes * Eric Portman as Lou * Trefor Jones as Singing Gypsy

References

External links

* 1935 films 1935 crime films Films directed by Bernard Mainwaring Fox Film films British black-and-white films British crime films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films 1930s British films {{1930s-crime-film-stub