Strangers on Honeymoon

Strangers on Honeymoon
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Directed by	Albert de Courville
Written by	Laird Doyle Sidney Gilliat Julian Houston Ralph Spence Bryan Edgar Wallace
Based on	novel The Northing Tramp by Edgar Wallace
Produced by	Haworth Bromley
Starring	Constance Cummings Hugh Sinclair Noah Beery Beatrix Lehmann
Cinematography	Mutz Greenbaum
Edited by	Cyril Randell
Music by	Jack Beaver
Production company	Gaumont British
Distributed by	Gaumont British Distributors
Release date	18 January 1937 (1937-01-18)
Running time	66 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Strangers on Honeymoon is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Constance Cummings, Hugh Sinclair and Noah Beery, based on the 1926 novel The Northing Tramp by Edgar Wallace. ^[1] Much of the film takes place in Canada. It was made by Gainsborough Pictures at the Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernö Metzner. ^[2] Wallace's son (Bryan Edgar Wallace) also contributed to the film's screenplay, along with 5 other writers. ^[3]

Plot

Young orphan October (Constance Cummings) flees from an arranged marriage with Wilfred (James Arnold), to wed gentleman tramp Quigley (Hugh Sinclair) for a bet. However, Quigley is secretly an English nobleman on the run for a murder he did not commit. Events escalate when a cousin of the jilted Wilfred hires a pair of hoodlums (Noah Beery & David Burns) to bump off Quigley.

Cast

• Constance Cummings as October Jones
• Hugh Sinclair as Elliott Quigley
• Noah Beery as Redbeard
• Beatrix Lehmann as Elfrida Valentine
• David Burns as Lennie
• Butler Hixon as Sam Wasser
• Maurice Freeman as Uncle Elmer Crinklaw
• James Arnold as Wilfred H. Thompson, the Bridegroom
• Tucker McGuire as Bride
• Edmund Breon as Sir Gregory Andrews
• Skelton Knaggs
• Conway Palmer
• Percy Parsons as Minister (uncredited)
• Sara Allgood as Housekeeper (uncredited)
• Edmon Ryan

References

1. Wood p.92
2. "Strangers on Honeymoon (1936)". Archived from the original on 11 August 2018.
3. "Strangers Honeymoon (1937) - Albert de Courville - Cast and Crew - AllMovie". AllMovie.

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

Strangers on Honeymoon at IMDb