Second Thoughts (1938 film)

Second Thoughts
Directed by	Albert Parker
Written by	David Evans
Starring	Frank Fox Evelyn Ankers Frank Allenby
Cinematography	Ronald Neame
Production company	20th Century Fox- British Pictures
Distributed by	Twentieth Century Fox Film Company (UK)
Release date	1938 (1938)
Running time	61min
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Second Thoughts, also released as The Crime of Peter Frame, ^[1] is a 1938 British drama film directed by Albert Parker and starring Frank Fox, Evelyn Ankers, Frank Allenby and Joan Hickson. ^[2] It was made at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie by the British subsidiary of 20th Century Fox. ^[3]

Synopsis

The screenplay concerns a chemist who is left unhinged following a laboratory explosion and begins to plot a murder.

Cast

• Frank Fox as Tony Gordon
• Evelyn Ankers as Molly Frame
• Frank Allenby as Peter Frame
• A. Bromley Davenport as George Gaunt
• Marjorie Fielding as Mrs Gaunt
• Joan Hickson as Ellen
• Bill Shine as Minor Role

Critical reception

TV Guide called it an "Undistinguished second feature in spite of all the spent rage." ^[4]

References

1. "The Crime of Peter Frame (1938) - Albert Parker - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
2. "Second Thoughts". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
3. Chibnall p.300
4. "The Crime Of Peter Frame".

Bibliography

• Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• Second Thoughts at IMDb