''The Man They Couldn't Arrest'' is a 1931 British

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directed by

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and starring

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and

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. Based on a novel by "Seamark" (

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, it was made by

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Plot summary

An amateur detective goes on the trail of a gang of violent criminals.BFI.org
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Cast

as John Dain *

as Tansey *

as Delbury * Nicholas Hannen as Lyall * Robert Farquharson as Count Lazard * Renee Clama as Marcia *

as Shaughnessy

References

Bibliography

*Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927–1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

1931 films British crime films 1931 crime films Films directed by T. Hayes Hunter British black-and-white films Gainsborough Pictures films Islington Studios films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films English-language crime films {{1930s-UK-film-stub