The Man They Couldn't Arrest

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The Man They Couldn't Arrest
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Directed by T. Hayes Hunter
Written byT. Hayes Hunter
Angus MacPhail
Arthur Wimperis
"Seamark" (Austin J. Small)
Produced by Michael Balcon
Starring Hugh Wakefield
Gordon Harker
Garry Marsh
Cinematography Leslie Rowson
Edited by Ian Dalrymple
Production
company
Distributed by Ideal Films
Release date
24 July 1931
Running time
72 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Man They Couldn't Arrest is a 1931 British crime film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring Hugh Wakefield, Gordon Harker, Garry Marsh and Dennis Wyndham. Based on a novel by "Seamark" (Austin J. Small, [1] it was made by Gainsborough Pictures at Islington Studios in London. [2]

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Plot summary

An amateur detective goes on the trail of a gang of violent criminals. [3]

Cast

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References

  1. Goble, Alan, ed. (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Bowker Saur. p. 415. ISBN   1-85739-229-9.
  2. Wood p.72
  3. BFI.org

Bibliography

The Man They Couldn't Arrest at IMDb