Crime on the Hill is a 1933 British mystery film

Mystery film

Mystery film is a sub-genre of the more general category of crime film and at times the thriller genre. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of a crime by means of clues, investigation, and clever deduction.The...

 directed by Bernard Vorhaus

Bernard Vorhaus

Bernard Vorhaus was an American film director born in New York City.The Harvard University graduate, in addition to directing thirty-two films, was also the mentor to future film director David Lean, some of whose work as a film editor early in his career was on Vorhaus pictures...

 and starring Sally Blane

Sally Blane

Sally Blane was an American actress. Blane was the sister of actresses Polly Ann and Loretta Young, and half-sister to actress Georgiana Young, the wife of actor Ricardo Montalban...

, Nigel Playfair

Nigel Playfair

Sir Nigel Playfair was the actor-manager of the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London, in the 1920s. He studied at University College, Oxford....

 and Lewis Casson

Lewis Casson

Sir Lewis Thomas Casson MC was a British actor and theatre director and the husband of Dame Sybil Thorndike.-Early life:...

. The plot was based on a successful play by Jack de Leon and Jack Celestin. It was made by British International Pictures at Welwyn Studios in autumn 1933.

Plot

A man tries to clear the name of his uncle who is wrongly convicted of a murdering the squire in a picturesque English village.

Cast

• Sally Blane
  Sally Blane
  Sally Blane was an American actress. Blane was the sister of actresses Polly Ann and Loretta Young, and half-sister to actress Georgiana Young, the wife of actor Ricardo Montalban...
  
   - Sylvia Kennett
• Nigel Playfair
  Nigel Playfair
  Sir Nigel Playfair was the actor-manager of the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London, in the 1920s. He studied at University College, Oxford....
  
   - Doctor Moody
• Lewis Casson
  Lewis Casson
  Sir Lewis Thomas Casson MC was a British actor and theatre director and the husband of Dame Sybil Thorndike.-Early life:...
  
   - Reverend Michael Gray
• Anthony Bushell
  Anthony Bushell
  Anthony Bushell was an English film actor and director, who appeared in 56 films between 1929 and 1961. He also appeared on and directed various British TV series such as Danger Man.-Early life:...
  
   - Tony Fields
• Phyllis Dare
  Phyllis Dare
  Phyllis Dare born Phyllis Constance Haddie Dones was an English singer and actress who was famous for her performances in Edwardian musical comedy and other musical theatre in the first half of the 20th century....
  
   - Claire Winslow
• Judy Kelly
  Judy Kelly
  -Selected filmography:* Adam's Apple * Money Talks * Crime on the Hill * L'argent par les fenêtres * Hawley's of High Street * Their Night Out * The Love Nest...
  
   - Alice Green
• George Merritt
  George Merritt (actor)
  George Merritt was a British film and television actor.-Selected filmography:* The W Plan * The Lodger * I Was a Spy * Crime on the Hill * The Silver Spoon...
  
   - Inspector Wolf
• Hal Gordon
  Hal Gordon
  Hal Gordon was a British film actor. A character actor, he appeared in over 90 films in both comic and straight roles.He started off as a lawyer's clerk but finding it dull he decided on the stage, making his music hall debut in 1912...
  
   - Sergeant Granger
• Gus McNaughton
  Gus McNaughton
  Gus McNaughton was an English film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1930 and 1947.He was born in London and died in Castor, Cambridgeshire.-Selected filmography:* Children of Chance...
  
   - Collins
• Jimmy Godden
  Jimmy Godden
  Jimmy Godden was a British film actor.He was educated at Christ's Hospital and was in the Civil Service before becoming a concert pianist...
  
   - Landlord
• Hay Petrie
  Hay Petrie
  Hay Petrie , born David Hay Petrie, was a Scottish actor noted for playing eccentric characters, among them Quilp in The Old Curiosity Shop , the McLaggen in The Ghost Goes West and Uncle Pumblechook in Great Expectations .Hay Petrie went to St Andrew’s Academy, Dundee, and St...
  
   - Jevons
• Kenneth Kove
  Kenneth Kove
  -Selected filmography:* Murder! * The Great Game -Selected filmography:* Murder! (1930)* The Great Game -Selected filmography:* Murder! (1930)* The Great Game (1930* Down River (1931)* The Man from Toronto (1933)* Crime on the Hill (1933)* Asking for Trouble (1942)* Golden Arrow (1949)* Innocents...
  
   - Tourist
• Reginald Purdell
  Reginald Purdell
  Reginald Purdell was an English actor and screenwriter who appeared in over 40 films between 1930 and 1951...
  
   - Reporter
• James Knight
  James Knight (actor)
  -Selected filmography:* The Happy Warrior * The Knave of Hearts * The Lady Owner * Hornet's Nest * Claude Duval * When Giants Fought * The Ball of Fortune * Motherland...
  
   - Newspaper editor
• Norma Varden
  Norma Varden
  Norma Varden was an English actress with a long film career in Hollywood.Born in London, the daughter of a retired sea-captain, Varden was a child prodigy. She trained as a concert pianist in Paris and performed in England before deciding to take up acting...
  
   - Editor's secretary
• Charles Rolfe - Attendant at Shooting gallery