Ask Beccles

Ask Beccles
Ask Beccles
Directed by	Redd Davis
Starring	Garry Marsh ; Lilian Oldland ; Abraham Sofaer
Production; company	British and Dominions
Distributed by	Paramount British Pictures
Release date	December 1933;
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Last updated May 19, 2025

Ask Beccles is a 1933 British comedy crime film directed by Redd Davis and starring Garry Marsh, Lilian Oldland, Abraham Sofaer and John Turnbull. The film was based on a play by Cyril Campion. It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios as a quota quickie for release by Paramount Pictures.^[1]

Premise

A man steals a priceless diamond, but returns it when an innocent man is arrested for the theft.^[2]

Cast

Garry Marsh as Eustace Beccles
Lilian Oldland as Marion Holforth
Abraham Sofaer as Baki
Allan Jeayes as Matthew Blaise
John Turnbull as Inspector Daniels
Evan Thomas as Sir Frederick Boyne
Eileen Munro as Mrs. Rivers
Fewlass Llewellyn as Sir James Holforth

References

↑ Wood p.77
↑ "Ask Beccles (1934)". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.

Bibliography

Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

Ask Beccles at IMDb

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[1] Wood p.77

[2] "Ask Beccles (1934)". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.

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