Dead Men Tell No Tales (1938 film)

Dead Men Tell No Tales
Dead Men Tell No Tales
Directed by	David MacDonald
Written by	Stafford Dickens ; Doreen Montgomery ; Walter Summers ; Emlyn Williams;
Based on	The Norwich Victims; by Francis Beeding
Produced by	John Corfield
Starring	Emlyn Williams ; Sara Seegar ; Hugh Williams ;
Cinematography	Bryan Langley
Edited by	James Corbett
Music by	W.L. Trytel
Production; company	British National Films
Distributed by	Associated British Film Distributors
Release date	1938;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Last updated March 07, 2025

Dead Men Tell No Tales is a 1938 British thriller film directed by David MacDonald and starring Emlyn Williams, Sara Seegar and Hugh Williams.^[1] It is based on the 1935 novel The Norwich Victims by Francis Beeding.^[2] The film was made at Welwyn Studios.^[3]^{[ full citation needed ]}

Plot

An English schoolteacher wins a French lottery, but on her way to Paris she is murdered and an imposter attempts to claim her prize.

Cast

Emlyn Williams as Dr. Headlam
Sara Seegar as Marjorie
Hugh Williams as Detective Inspector Martin
Marius Goring as Greening
Lesley Brook as Elizabeth Orme
Christine Silver as Miss Haslett
Clive Morton as Frank Fielding
Ann Wilton as Bridget
Jack Vyvian as Crump
Marjorie Dale as The Singer
Hal Gordon as Sergeant

References

↑ "BFI | Film & TV Database | DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES (1938)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
↑ Goble p.32
↑ Wood p.94

Bibliography

Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film . Walter de Gruyter, 2011. ISBN 9783110951943
Shafer, Stephen C. British popular films, 1929-1939: the cinema of reassurance. Routledge, 1997.

External links

Dead Men Tell No Tales at IMDb

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[1] "BFI | Film & TV Database | DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES (1938)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

[2] Goble p.32

[3] Wood p.94

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