''The Face at the Window'' is a 1932 British

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directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Raymond Massey, Claude Hulbert and Isla Bevan. It was made at Twickenham Studios as a quota quickie. It is based on a play of the same name by F. Brooke Warren first performed in 1897.

Story

Opening in the shadowed half-light of a bank vault in Paris, where a watchman has been mysteriously murdered, the picture centres around the methods of detective Paul Le Gros - played by Raymond Massey - to solve the identity of a masked criminal called "Le Loup" (The Wolf), who kills with an injection of poison with a finger ring. As Peter Pomeroy, the detective's useless assistant, Claude Hulbert provides a spot of comedy.

Cast

* Raymond Massey as Paul le Gros * Isla Bevan as Marie de Brisson * Claude Hulbert as Peter Pomeroy * Eric Maturin as Count Fournal * Henry Mollison as Lucien Courtier * A. Bromley Davenport as Gaston de Brisson * Harold Meade as Dr. Renard * Dennis Wyndham as Lafonde * Charles Groves as Jacques

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1932 films 1932 crime drama films 1930s English-language films Films directed by Leslie S. Hiscott British crime drama films Quota quickies Films shot at Twickenham Film Studios British black-and-white films 1930s British films English-language crime drama films {{1930s-UK-film-stub