Deadlock (1931 film) explained

Deadlock
Director:	George King
Producer:	George King
Starring:	Stewart Rome Marjorie Hume Warwick Ward
Studio:	George King Productions
Distributor:	Butcher's Film Service
Runtime:	85 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English

Deadlock is a 1931 British crime film directed by George King and starring Stewart Rome, Marjorie Hume and Warwick Ward.^[1] It is on the British Film Institute's list of the 75 Most Wanted list of lost films.^[2]

Plot

A murder takes place in a film studio during the shooting of a new film.

Cast

• Stewart Rome as James Whitelaw
• Marjorie Hume as Mrs Whitelaw
• Warwick Ward as Markham Savage
• Annette Benson as Madeleine d'Arblay
• Esmond Knight as John Tring
• Janice Adair as Joan Whitelaw
• Alma Taylor as Mrs. Tring
• Cameron Carr as Tony Makepeace
• Hay Plumb as Publicist
• Pauline Peters as Maid
• Kiyoshi Takase as Taki
• Philip Godfrey as Nifty Weekes
• Harold Saxon-Snell as Prosecutor

Production

It was shot at Hepworth studios and financed by F.W. Baker.^[3]

References

1. Web site: Deadlock . https://web.archive.org/web/20090114113745/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/30866 . dead . 14 January 2009 . British Film Institute.
2. Web site: Deadlock / BFI Most Wanted . British Film Institute . 25 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120803093140/http://old.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/news/mostwanted/deadlock-31.html . 3 August 2012 . dead .
3. News: Foot lights and film flickers THE KINEMA. . . XLVI . 2,361 . Western Australia . 14 May 1931 . 26 October 2018 . 4 . National Library of Australia.

External links

• • BFI 75 Most Wanted entry, with extensive notes