Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle

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Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle
Directed by Alex Bryce
Screenplay by Michael Barringer
Based onThey Shall Repay!
by G. H. Teed [1]
Produced byMichael Barringer
Starring
CinematographyAlex Bryce
Production
companies
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (UK)
Release date
  • October 1935 (1935-10)(UK)
Running time
63 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle is a 1935 British crime film directed by Alex Bryce and starring George Curzon as Sexton Blake. [2] [3]

Contents

Premise

Blake must discover who has stolen from a wealthy financier – and discovers a mysterious woman behind the crime.

Cast

Critical reception

TV Guide called it "A likable film with the enjoyable Curzon again tackling his Sexton Blake role." [4]

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References

  1. Gifford, Denis (1 April 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set – The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN   9781317740636 via Google Books.
  2. "Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle (1935)". Archived from the original on 3 August 2012.
  3. The Unknown 1930s: An Alternative History of the British Cinema, 1929– 1939, edited by Jeffrey Richards, IB Tauris (1998), p.92
  4. "Sexton Blake And The Mademoiselle". TVGuide.com.