The Blind Spot is a 1932 British crime film directed by John Daumery and starring Percy Marmont, Muriel Angelus and Warwick Ward.[2] It was It was written by Roland Pertwee and John Hastings Turner and made as a quota quickie at Teddington Studios by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers.[3][4]
| Blind Spot | |
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| Directed by | John Daumery |
| Written by | Roland Pertwee John Hastings Turner |
| Produced by | Irving Asher |
| Starring | Percy Marmont Muriel Angelus Warwick Ward |
| Cinematography | Basil Emmott |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Brothers |
Release date |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Preservation status
editThe British Film Institute National Archive holds a collection of stills but no film or video materials.[2]
Plot
editGentleman crook Holland Janney's daughter Marilyn marries young lawyer Hugh Conway. When Conway is tasked with prosecuting Janney for bank robbery, Janney takes his own life to prevent his daughter finding out about his crimes.
Cast
edit- Percy Marmont as Holland Janney
- Muriel Angelus as Marilyn Janney
- Warwick Ward as Hugh Conway
- Ivor Barnard as Mull
- Laura Cowie as Anne Wiltone
- Mary Jerrold as Mrs. Herriott
- George Merritt as Inspector Cadbury
Reception
editFilm Weekly wrote: "Thin and obvious crook melodrama, laboriously overdrawn and stiffly acted. Better direction, imparting pace to the telling of the story and creating a climax, might have made reasonably good entertainment of the picture, but that has not been done."[5]
Kine Weekly wrote: "A neat crook drama, with a Raffles theme, charged with appealing paternal sentiment. The development is inclined to be leisurely, and the characters are somewhat ' toney,' but popular drama evolves from the theme and the entertainment seldom flags."[6]
Picture Show wrote: "Not too convincing, development on the slow side."[1]
References
edit- 1 2 "The Blind Spot". Picture Show. 28 (726): 9. 1 April 1933. ProQuest 1880288303.
- 1 2 "The Blind Spot". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
- ↑ Wood, Linda (1986). British Films, 1927–1939 (PDF). British Film Institute. p. 74. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2022.
- ↑ Chibnall, Steve (2007). Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute. p. 266. ISBN 978-1844571550.
- ↑ "The Blind Spot". Film Weekly. 9 (232): 38. 24 March 1933. ProQuest 1705182493.
- ↑ "Blind Spot". Kine Weekly. 188 (1329): 37. 6 October 1932. ProQuest 2322709939.
External links
edit- The Blind Spot at IMDb
- The Blind Spot at the TCM Movie Database (archived)