Ask Beccles
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Ask Beccles is a 1933 British comedy
crime film
directed by Redd Davis
and starring Garry Marsh
, Lilian Oldland
, Abraham Sofaer
and John Turnbull
. A man steals a priceless diamond
, but returns it when an innocent man is arrested for the theft. The film was based on a play by Cyril Campion.
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
crime film
Crime film
Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. Criminal acts are almost always glorified in these movies.- Plays and films...
directed by Redd Davis
Redd Davis
Redd Davis was a Canadian film director and producer who directed more than twenty films between 1932 and 1942. He was born in Canada in 1896, but he moved to Britain where he directed his first film The Spare Room in 1932. He worked mainly at Twickenham Studios in west London...
and starring Garry Marsh
Garry Marsh
Garry Marsh was a British film actor. Marsh began acting on the stage at the age of fifteen. He started off in films as a leading man but later became a character actor playing self-important roles.-Filmography:* Long Odds...
, Lilian Oldland
Lilian Oldland
Lilian Oldland was a British actress who appeared in more than twenty films between 1925 and 1935. Born in Gloucester in 1903, she made her film debut in The Secret Kingdom and was soon cast as a regular in the Bindle Series of films. In 1930 she changed her name to Mary Newland and was credited...
, Abraham Sofaer
Abraham Sofaer
Abraham Sofaer was a stage actor of Burmese-Jewish descent who became a familiar supporting player on film and television in his later years. He was born in Rangoon, Burma...
and John Turnbull
John Turnbull
John Turnbull is an English pop and rock guitarist and singer.He has played in bands such as Skip Bifferty, The Chosen Few, Arc, Loving Awareness, Glencoe, Nick Lowe, Dave Stewart and the Spiritual Cowboys, Eurythmics, Talk Talk, Londonbeat, Paul Young, Bob Geldof, World Party, Kaos Band and Ian...
. A man steals a priceless diamond
Diamond
In mineralogy, diamond is an allotrope of carbon, where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice. Diamond is less stable than graphite, but the conversion rate from diamond to graphite is negligible at ambient conditions...
, but returns it when an innocent man is arrested for the theft. The film was based on a play by Cyril Campion.
Cast
- Garry MarshGarry MarshGarry Marsh was a British film actor. Marsh began acting on the stage at the age of fifteen. He started off in films as a leading man but later became a character actor playing self-important roles.-Filmography:* Long Odds...
- Eustace Beccles - Lilian OldlandLilian OldlandLilian Oldland was a British actress who appeared in more than twenty films between 1925 and 1935. Born in Gloucester in 1903, she made her film debut in The Secret Kingdom and was soon cast as a regular in the Bindle Series of films. In 1930 she changed her name to Mary Newland and was credited...
- Marion Holforth - Abraham SofaerAbraham SofaerAbraham Sofaer was a stage actor of Burmese-Jewish descent who became a familiar supporting player on film and television in his later years. He was born in Rangoon, Burma...
- Baki - Allan JeayesAllan JeayesAllan Jeayes was a British stage and movie actor.He starred as Howard Joyce in the original 1927 Broadway production of The Letter and played Sir Lawrence Wargarve in the 1943 London production of And Then There Were None.Jeayes made his film debut in the 1918 Nelson as Sir William Hamilton...
- Matthew Blaise - John TurnbullJohn Turnbull (actor)-Selected filmography:* The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss * The Wickham Mystery * Rodney Steps In * The Midshipmaid * The Medicine Man * The Man Outside * The Iron Stair...
- Inspector Daniels - Evan Thomas - Sir Frederick Boyne
- Eileen Munro - Mrs. Rivers
- Fewlass LlewellynFewlass Llewellyn-Selected filmography:* Goodbye * The Lady Clare * The Flag Lieutenant * Afterwards * Virginia's Husband * The Outsider * These Charming People * Lloyd of the C.I.D....
- Sir James Holforth