The Man at Six
Encyclopedia
The Man at Six is a 1931 British
mystery film
directed by Harry Hughes
and starring Anne Grey
, Lester Matthews
and Gerald Rawlinson
. A butler is found murdered in a unfurnished mansion house.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
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 Harry Hughes
Harry Hughes
Harry Roe Hughes , a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 57th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1979 to 1987.-Early life and family:...
and starring Anne Grey
Anne Grey
Anne Grey was a British actress, who appeared in 44 films between 1928 and 1939, including some Hollywood films during the late 1930s. She was educated at Lausanne and King's College London....
, Lester Matthews
Lester Matthews
Lester Matthews was an English actor born in Nottingham, England, UK. In his career, he made more than 180 appearances in film and on television. He was on occasion erroneously credited as Lester Mathews and especially in later years was sometimes known as Les Matthews. He died on the 6 June 1975...
and Gerald Rawlinson
Gerald Rawlinson
-Selected filmography:* The Hellcat * Life's a Stage * The Rising Generation * The Silent House * The Devil's Maze * The Rocket Bus * The Night Porter * Young Woodley...
. A butler is found murdered in a unfurnished mansion house.
Cast
- Anne GreyAnne GreyAnne Grey was a British actress, who appeared in 44 films between 1928 and 1939, including some Hollywood films during the late 1930s. She was educated at Lausanne and King's College London....
... Sybil Vane - Lester MatthewsLester MatthewsLester Matthews was an English actor born in Nottingham, England, UK. In his career, he made more than 180 appearances in film and on television. He was on occasion erroneously credited as Lester Mathews and especially in later years was sometimes known as Les Matthews. He died on the 6 June 1975...
... Campbell Edwards - Gerald RawlinsonGerald Rawlinson-Selected filmography:* The Hellcat * Life's a Stage * The Rising Generation * The Silent House * The Devil's Maze * The Rocket Bus * The Night Porter * Young Woodley...
... Frank Pine - John TurnbullJohn TurnbullJohn 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...
... Inspector Dawford - 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...
... Joshua Atkinson - Charles FarrellCharles FarrellCharles Farrell was an American film actor of the 1920s silent era and into the 1930s, and later a television actor...
... George Wollmer - Arthur StrattonArthur StrattonArthur Mills Perce Stratton was an American author and traveller. He was a playwright, a novelist, an OSS agent, a teacher in Turkey, and an assistant college professor in the US, before working for the CIA for about ten years and becoming a travel writer and biographer.While serving with the...
... Sergeant Hogan - Herbert RossHerbert RossHerbert Ross was an American film director, producer, choreographer and actor.-Early life and career:Born Herbert David Ross in Brooklyn, New York, he made his stage debut as Third Witch with a touring company of Macbeth in 1942...
... Sir Joseph Pine - Minnie RaynerMinnie Rayner-Selected filmography:* The Old Curiosity Shop * If Youth But Knew * The Sleeping Cardinal * The Missing Rembrandt * The Veteran of Waterloo * I Lived with You * Excess Baggage...
... Mrs. Cummerpatch