The Great Gay Road (1931 film)

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The Great Gay Road
Directed by Sinclair Hill
Written by Tom Gallon (novel)
Leslie Howard Gordon
Produced bySinclair Hill
Starring Stewart Rome
Frank Stanmore
Kate Cutler
Cinematography Desmond Dickinson
Music byHorace Shepherd
Production
company
Distributed by Butcher's Film Service
Release date
  • 1931 (1931)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

The Great Gay Road is a 1931 British drama film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Stewart Rome, Frank Stanmore and Kate Cutler. [1]

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It was adapted from the 1910 novel The Great Gay Road by Tom Gallon which had previously been made in a silent film The Great Gay Road in 1920. It was made by Stoll Pictures at Cricklewood Studios. [2] Location filming was done around Tunbridge Wells.

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References

  1. BFI.org
  2. Wood p.71

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