The Flying Squad (1929 film)

The Flying Squad
Directed by	Arthur Maude
Written by	Kathleen Hayden
Based on	The Flying Squad (novel) by Edgar Wallace
Produced by	S.W. Smith
Starring	John Longden Donald Calthrop Wyndham Standing Henry Vibart
Production company	British Lion Film Corporation
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	January 1929 (1929-01)
Running time	7,572 feet [1]
Country	United Kingdom
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Flying Squad is a 1929 British silent crime film directed by Arthur Maude and starring John Longden, Donald Calthrop and Wyndham Standing. The film was made at Beaconsfield Studios. It was based on the 1928 novel The Flying Squad by Edgar Wallace, which was later remade with sound in 1932 and 1940.

Cast

• John Longden as Inspector John Bradley
• Donald Calthrop as Sederman
• Wyndham Standing as Mark McGill
• Henry Vibart as Tiser
• Laurence Ireland as Ronnie Perryman
• Dorothy Bartlam as Ann Parryman
• John Nedgnol as Li Joseph
• Eugenie Prescott as Mrs. Schifan
• Carol Reed as Offender
• Bryan Edgar Wallace as Offender

References

1. Low, Rachel. The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929. Routledge, 1997. p.366

External links

• The Flying Squad at IMDb