The Man They Couldn't Arrest

1931 film

24 July 1931 (1931-07-24)

Running time

72 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

The Man They Couldn't Arrest is a 1931 British crime film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring Hugh Wakefield, Gordon Harker, Garry Marsh and Dennis Wyndham. Based on a novel by "Seamark" (Austin J. Small,^[1] it was made by Gainsborough Pictures at Islington Studios in London.^[2]

Plot summary

An amateur detective goes on the trail of a gang of violent criminals.^[3]

Cast

Hugh Wakefield as John Dain
Gordon Harker as Tansey
Garry Marsh as Delbury
Nicholas Hannen as Lyall
Robert Farquharson as Count Lazard
Renee Clama as Marcia
Dennis Wyndham as Shaughnessy

References

^ Goble, Alan, ed. (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Bowker Saur. p. 415. ISBN 1-85739-229-9.
^ Wood p.72
^ BFI.org

Bibliography

Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

The Man They Couldn't Arrest at IMDb

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Trouping with Ellen (1924)
Damaged Hearts (1924)
The Sky Raider (1925)
Wildfire (1925)
One of the Best (1927)
A South Sea Bubble (1928)
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1928)
The Silver King (1929)
The Man They Couldn't Arrest (1931)
The Calendar (1931)
The Frightened Lady (1932)
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Sally Bishop (1932)
The Ghoul (1933)
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