Strange Experiment

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Strange Experiment
Directed by Albert Parker
Written by Edward Dryhurst
Based onTwo Worlds by John Golden and Hubert Osborne
Produced byJohn Findlay
Starring Donald Gray
Ann Wemyss
Mary Newcomb
Cinematography Ronald Neame
Edited by Peter Tanner
Music byCharles Cowlrick
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • 19 January 1937 (1937-01-19)
Running time
74 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Strange Experiment is a 1937 British drama film directed by Albert Parker and starring Donald Gray, Ann Wemyss and Mary Newcomb. [1] It was an adaptation of the play Two Worlds by John Golden and Hubert Osborne. It was made at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie by the British subsidiary of Fox Film. [2]

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References

  1. BFI.org
  2. Chibnall p.296

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