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Too Many Crooks is a 1930 British comedy crime film directed by George King and starring Laurence Olivier, Dorothy Boyd and Arthur Stratton.
Money Means Nothing is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring John Loder, Irene Richards and Miles Malleson. It was shot at Elstree Studios as a quota quickie for release by Paramount British.
Ebb Tide is a 1932 British drama film directed by Arthur Rosson and starring Dorothy Bouchier, Joan Barry, George Barraud, and Merle Oberon. It was shot at Elstree Studios and on location in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Holmes Paul. It was produced and distributed by the British branch of Paramount Pictures as a quota quickie. It was based on the novel God Gave Me Twenty Cents by Dixie Willson, which had previously been made into a 1926 American silent film of the same title.
Passenger to London is a 1937 British espionage thriller film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring John Warwick, Jenny Laird and Nigel Barrie. It was shot at Wembley Studios in London as a quota quickie by the British subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox.
A Shot in the Dark is a 1933 British mystery film directed by George Pearson and starring Dorothy Boyd, O. B. Clarence, Jack Hawkins and Michael Shepley. It was shot at Twickenham Studios in London as a quota quickie for release by RKO Pictures.
The Barton Mystery is a 1932 British crime film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Ursula Jeans, Ellis Jeffreys and Lyn Harding. It was based on the play The Barton Mystery by Walter C. Hackett.
Love's Option is a 1928 British silent adventure film directed by George Pearson and starring Dorothy Boyd, Patrick Aherne and James Carew. It was made at Cricklewood Studios based on the novel The Riddle by Douglas Newton. The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures' British subsidiary, enabling the company to meet its yearly quota set down by the British government. The film follows several rivals attempting to gain control of a valuable Spanish copper mine. It was known by the alternative title A Girl of Today.
Knights for a Day is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Norman Lee and starring Nelson Keys, John Garrick and Nancy Burne. It was made as a quota quickie at Welwyn Studios.
Ticket of Leave is a 1936 British crime film directed by Michael Hankinson and starring Dorothy Boyd, John Clements and George Merritt. It was made as a quota quickie at British and Dominions Elstree Studios by the British subsidiary of Paramount Pictures. The screenplay concerns a woman who joins forces with a criminal after he robs her flat. The title refers to the ticket of leave given to prisoners when they were released from jail.
Brides to Be is a 1934 British comedy film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Betty Stockfeld, Constance Shotter and Ronald Ward. The film was made at Elstree Studios as a quota quickie for release by the British branch of Paramount Pictures.
On Thin Ice is a 1933 British crime film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring Ursula Jeans, Kenneth Law and Dorothy Bartlam. It was produced as a quota quickie.
Twelve Good Men was a 1936 British crime film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Henry Kendall, Nancy O'Neil and Joyce Kennedy. It was made at Teddington Studios by Warner Brothers as a quota quickie. It is based on the 1928 detective thriller The Murders in Praed Street by John Rhode, with the principal series character of the book Doctor Priestley eliminated for the film.
The Girl in the Night is a 1931 British crime film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Edwards, Dorothy Boyd and Sam Livesey. It was made at Elstree Studios. It was released as a quota quickie.
Bedtime Story is a 1938 British comedy drama film directed by Donovan Pedelty and starring Jack Livesey, Lesley Wareing and Eliot Makeham. It was made as a quota quickie at Cricklewood Studios.
The House of Unrest is a 1931 British mystery film directed by Leslie Howard Gordon and starring Dorothy Boyd, Malcolm Keen and Tom Helmore. It was made as a quota quickie at Cricklewood Studios.
The Lure is a 1933 British crime film directed by Arthur Maude and starring Anne Grey, Cyril Raymond and Alec Fraser. It was made at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie.
Call Me Mame is a 1933 British comedy film directed by John Daumery and starring Ethel Irving, John Batten and Dorothy Bartlam. It was made at Teddington Studios as a quota quickie.
The Right Age to Marry is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Frank Pettingell, Joyce Bland and Tom Helmore. It was made at Walton Studios as a quota quickie.
Special Edition is a 1938 British thriller film directed by Redd Davis and starring Lucille Lisle, John Garrick and Norman Pierce.
Captivation is a 1931 British romantic comedy film directed by John Harvel and starring Conway Tearle, Betty Stockfeld and Violet Vanbrugh.It was shot at the Beaconsfield Studios near London. A second feature, it has been classified as a quota quickie.
