Old Spanish Customers

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Old Spanish Customers
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Directed by Lupino Lane
Written byScenario:
Syd Courtenay
Frank Launder
Edwin Greenwood
Based onstory by Syd Courtenay
& Lola Harvey
Produced by John Maxwell
Starring Leslie Fuller
Drusilla Wills
Binnie Barnes
Cinematography Walter Harvey
Stanley Rodwell
Edited by E.B. Jarvis
Music byMusical direction:
Idris Lewis
Production
company
Distributed by Wardour Films (UK)
Release date
  • 15 September 1932 (1932-09-15)
Running time
67 minutes [1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Old Spanish Customers is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Lupino Lane and starring Leslie Fuller, Binnie Barnes and Drusilla Wills. [2]

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Plot

British couple Bill and Martha (Leslie Fuller and Drusilla Wills) win a trip to Spain and enjoy a series of adventures, with henpecked Bill mistaken for a famous toreador and ending up in a bullfight.

Cast

Critical reception

TV Guide noted "A formula plot which delivers predictable results," and gave the film two out of five stars [3]

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References

  1. "BRITISH COMEDIES OF THE 1930S VOLUME 6 - British Board of Film Classification". www.bbfc.co.uk.
  2. BFI.org
  3. "Old Spanish Customers". TVGuide.com.

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