Diamond Cut Diamond (film)
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Diamond Cut Diamond is a 1932 British comedy
crime film
directed by Maurice Elvey
and Fred Niblo
and starring Adolphe Menjou
, Claud Allister and Benita Hume
.
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 Maurice Elvey
Maurice Elvey
Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....
and Fred Niblo
Fred Niblo
Fred Niblo was an American pioneer film actor, director and producer.-Biography:He was born Frederick Liedtke in York, Nebraska, to a French mother and a father who had served as a captain in the American Civil War and was wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg...
and starring Adolphe Menjou
Adolphe Menjou
Adolphe Jean Menjou was an American actor. His career spanned both silent films and talkies, appearing in such films as The Sheik, A Woman of Paris, Morocco, and A Star is Born...
, Claud Allister and Benita Hume
Benita Hume
Benita Hume was an English film actress. She appeared in 44 films between 1925 and 1955.She was married to actor Ronald Colman from 1938 to his death in 1958; they were the parents of a daughter, Juliet...
.
Plot
One of the guests tries to foil a gang of jewel-robbers during a country house weekend party.Cast
- Adolphe Menjou - Dan McQueen
- Claud Allister - Joe Fragson
- Benita HumeBenita HumeBenita Hume was an English film actress. She appeared in 44 films between 1925 and 1955.She was married to actor Ronald Colman from 1938 to his death in 1958; they were the parents of a daughter, Juliet...
- Marda Blackett - Kenneth KoveKenneth 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...
- Reggie Dean - Desmond JeansDesmond JeansDesmond Jeans was a British film actor. He was the brother of Isabel Jeans and Ursula Jeans.-Selected filmography:* The Blue Danube * Diamond Cut Diamond * The Girl from Maxim's * Colonel Blood...
- Blackett - G.D. Manetta - Head Waiter
- Roland Gillett - Cloak Room Attendant
- Toni Edgar-BruceToni Edgar-Bruce-Selected filmography:* Tell England * Brother Alfred * The Broken Melody * Lilies of the Field * Captain Bill * Scruffy * The First of the Few * Heaven Is Round the Corner...
- Miss Loftus - Shayle GardnerShayle Gardner-Selected filmography:* St. Elmo * The Chinese Bungalow * The Three Passions * Three Live Ghosts * Disraeli * The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu * The Lodger * The Love Test...
- Spellman