| Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | George King |
| Screenplay by | A.R. Rawlinson (screenplay & dialogue) |
| Based on | The Mystery of No 13. Caversham Square by Pierre Quiroule |
| Produced by | George King |
| Starring | George Curzon Tod Slaughter |
| Cinematography | Hone Glendinning |
| Edited by | John Seabourne |
| Music by | Jack Beaver (as 'music director') Bretton Byrd (uncredited) |
Production company | George King Productions |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror is a 1938 British crime film directed by George King and starring George Curzon, Tod Slaughter and Greta Gynt. [1] It was George Curzon's third and final outing as the fictional detective Sexton Blake. [2]
The film - described as the best in the Blake series of 1930s movies [3] [4] - features the character of Sexton Blake and his efforts to defeat a major crime organisation headed by Michael Larron, a 'sort of Moriarty figure'. [5]
Of the film's villain, Leonard Maltin concluded, "Slaughter plays it basically straight in this passable low-budget outing"; [6] while Dennis Schwartz wrote, "Tod Slaughter is a trip as the perverse villain drooling over both stamps and Julie (Greta Gynt), and decked out when meeting gang members in a spiffy black robe with a snake embroidered on its front and a fashionable KKK-like hood. Like Vincent Price, Slaughter can make a not too original low-budget B film fun to watch." [7]
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