Twelve Good Men

Twelve Good Men
Directed by	Ralph Ince
Written by	Sidney Gilliat Frank Launder [1]
Based on	The Murders in Praed Street by John Rhode
Produced by	Jerome Jackson
Starring	Henry Kendall Nancy O'Neil Joyce Kennedy
Cinematography	Basil Emmott
Production company	Warner Brothers
Distributed by	Warner Brothers
Release date	March 1936 (1936-03)
Running time	64 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Twelve Good Men was a 1936 British crime film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Henry Kendall, Nancy O'Neil and Joyce Kennedy. It was made at Teddington Studios by Warner Brothers as a quota quickie. ^{[2] [3]} It is based on the 1928 detective thriller The Murders in Praed Street by John Rhode, ^[1] with the principal series character of the book Doctor Priestley eliminated for the film.

The film is believed to be lost. ^{[1] [4]}

Cast

• Henry Kendall as Charles Drew
• Nancy O'Neil as Ann
• Joyce Kennedy as Lady Thora
• Percy Parsons as Hopwood
• Morland Graham as Victor Day
• Bernard Miles as Inspector Pine
• Philip Ray as Higgs
• Frederick Burtwell as Fortheringay
• Roddy Hughes
• Sam Springson
• George Hughes
• Madge White
• Grace Lane
• Ralph Roberts

References

1. Everson.
2. Wood p. 93
3. Chibnall p. 292
4. Eyles and Meeker, p. 67.

Bibliography

• Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
• Everson, W. K. (1992). Missing, believed lost. Films in Review, 43(11/12), 400.
• Eyles, Allen and David Meeker, eds. Missing Believed Lost: The Great British Film Search. (1992). United Kingdom: BFI Publishing.
• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• Twelve Good Men at IMDb