Leave It to Smith

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Leave It to Smith
Directed by Tom Walls
Written by J. O. C. Orton
Based onNever Come Back
by Frederick Lonsdale
Produced by Michael Balcon
StarringTom Walls
Carol Goodner
Anne Grey
Cinematography Leslie Rowson
Music by Louis Levy
Production
company
Distributed by Woolf and Freedman
Release date
  • 13 September 1933 (1933-09-13)
Running time
74 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

Leave It to Smith is a 1933 British comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls. It also featured Carol Goodner, Anne Grey, Peter Gawthorne and Basil Radford. It is also known as Just Smith. [1]

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The film was based on a play by Frederick Lonsdale and produced by Michael Balcon. It was made at the Lime Grove Studios [2] with sets by the German art director Alfred Junge.

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References

  1. "BFI | Film & TV Database | JUST SMITH (1933)". Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
  2. Wood p.78

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