Down River (1931 film)

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Down River
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Directed by Peter Godfrey
Written byRalph Gilbert Bettison
"Seamark" (Austin J. Small)
Produced by L'Estrange Fawcett
Starring Charles Laughton
Jane Baxter
Harold Huth
Cinematography Percy Strong
Music by Louis Levy
Production
company
Distributed by Gaumont British Distributors
Release date
  • May 1931 (1931-05)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Down River is a 1931 British crime film directed by Peter Godfrey and starring Charles Laughton, Jane Baxter and Harold Huth. [1] Based on a novel by "Seamark" (Austin J. Small), [2] it was made at Lime Grove Studios [3] with sets designed by Andrew Mazzei. Produced as a second feature, it is classified as a quota quickie. [4]

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Plot

A man smuggling drugs up the River Thames is caught when a newspaper reporter pursues him.

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References

  1. "BFI | Film & TV Database | DOWN RIVER (1931)". Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  2. Goble, Alan, ed. (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Bowker Saur. p. 415. ISBN   1-85739-229-9.
  3. Wood p.69
  4. Chibnall p.261

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