The Crooked Lady Explained

The Crooked Lady
Director:	Leslie S. Hiscott
Producer:	Julius Hagen
Based On:	novel The Crooked Lady by William S. Stone^[1]
Starring:	George Graves Isobel Elsom Austin Trevor
Studio:	Real Art Productions
Runtime:	75 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English

The Crooked Lady is a 1932 British drama film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring George Graves, Isobel Elsom, Ursula Jeans and Austin Trevor. A quota quickie, it was filmed at Twickenham Studios.^[2]

Cast

• George Graves as Sir Charles Murdoch
• Isobel Elsom as Miriam Sinclair
• Ursula Jeans as Joan Collinson
• Austin Trevor as Captain James Kent
• Alexander Field as Slim Barrett
• Edmund Willard as Joseph Garstin
• S. J. Warmington as Inspector Hilton
• Frank Pettingell as Hugh Weldon
• Moore Marriott as Crabby
• Henry B. Longhurst as John Morland
• Paddy Browne as Susie

Plot

An ex army officer is forced to resort to a life of crime.^[3]

References

1. Book: Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. 1 January 1999. Walter de Gruyter. 9783110951943. Google Books.
2. Wood p.74
3. Web site: The Crooked Lady (1932). https://web.archive.org/web/20090115024319/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/30288. dead. 15 January 2009.

Bibliography

• Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.