Knights for a Day
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Knights for a Day | |
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British trade ad
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Directed by | Norman Lee |
Produced by | Aveling Ginever |
Written by | Frank Atkinson Charles Bray Aveling Ginever |
Starring | Nelson Keys John Garrick Nancy Burne Cathleen Nesbitt |
Production
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Pearl Productions
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Distributed by | Pathé Pictures |
Release dates
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March 1937[1] |
Running time
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69 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Knights for a Day is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Norman Lee and starring Nelson Keys, John Garrick and Nancy Burne.[2][3] It was made as a quota quickie at Welwyn Studios.
Poster tagline
"A breezy British farce."
Synopsis
A man wins a car in a competition, and decides to tour round the country. He ends up assisting a prince who is being pursued by a gang of revolutionaries.
Cast
- Nelson Keys as Bert Wrigley
- John Garrick as Prince Nicholas of Datria
- Nancy Burne as Sally Wrigley
- Frank Atkinson as Timothy Trout
- Cathleen Nesbitt as Lady Agatha
- Billy Bray as Brandt
- Fred Duprez as Custer
- Gerald Barry as Krampf
- Wyn Weaver as Lord Croke
- Percy Walsh as Lord Southdown
References
- ↑ Chibnall p.289
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Bibliography
- Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Knights for a Day at IMDb
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