Old Roses

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Old Roses
Directed by Bernard Mainwaring
Written by Anthony Richardson
Produced byBernard Mainwaring
Starring Horace Hodges
Nancy Burne
Bruce Lester
Distributed by Fox Film Company
Release date
  • 1935 (1935)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Old Roses is a 1935 British crime film directed by Bernard Mainwaring and starring Horace Hodges, Nancy Burne and Bruce Lester. [1] The screenplay concerns an elderly man who assists the police in solving a murder, but accidentally reveals his own criminal past in the process.

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References

  1. BFI.org