''Ten Minute Alibi'' is a 1935 British

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directed by

Bernard Vorhaus Bernard Vorhaus (December 25, 1904 – November 23, 2000) was an American film director of Austrian descent, born in New York City. His father was born in Kraków, then part of Austria-Hungary. Vorhaus spent many decades living in the UK. Early ...

and starring

Phillips Holmes Phillips Raymond Holmes (July 22, 1907 – August 12, 1942) was an American actor. For his contributions to the film industry, he was posthumously given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Early life, education and career Born in ...

, Aileen Marson and Theo Shall. It was made at

Beaconsfield Studios Beaconsfield Film Studios is a British Television studio, television and Film studio, film studio in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. The studios were operational as a production site for films in 1922, and continued producing films - and, later, ...

.Wood p.84 The film's sets were designed by the

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. It is an adaptation of the '' Ten Minute Alibi'' by Anthony Armstrong.

Cast

as Colin Derwent * Aileen Marson as Betty Findon * Theo Shall as Philip Sevilla *

Morton Selten Morton Selten (6 January 1860 – 27 July 1939) was a British stage and film actor. He was occasionally credited as Morton Selton. Biography Selten was born 6 January 1860. At birth, Selten was given the name Morton Richard Stubbs and was t ...

as Sir Miles Standish * George Merritt as Inspector Pember * Charles Hickman as Sgt. Brace * Philip Hatfield as Hunter * Dora Gregory as Charwoman * Grace Poggi as Dancer *

Francis De Wolff Baron Francis-Marie Arist de Wolff (7 January 191318 April 1984) was an English character actor. Large, bearded, and beetle-browed, he was often cast as villains and foreigners in both film and television. Early life De Wolff was born in Essex ...

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

* 1935 films 1935 crime films British crime films Films shot at Beaconsfield Studios Films directed by Bernard Vorhaus Films produced by Paul Soskin British black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films English-language crime films {{1930s-UK-film-stub