The Villiers Diamond Explained

The Villiers Diamond
Director:	Bernard Mainwaring
Producer:	John Findlay
Screenplay:	Ernest Dudley David Evans
Story:	F. Wyndham Mallock
Starring:	Edward Ashley Evelyn Ankers Frank Birch
Cinematography:	Stanley Grant
Distributor:	Twentieth Century Fox
Runtime:	50 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English

The Villiers Diamond is a 1938 British crime film directed by Bernard Mainwaring and starring Edward Ashley, Evelyn Ankers and Frank Birch.^[1] The screenplay concerns a man who is threatened with scandal when he accidentally acquires a stolen diamond.

Cast

• Edward Ashley as Captain Dawson
• Evelyn Ankers as Joan Raymond
• Frank Birch as Silas Wade
• Liam Gaffney as Alan O'Connel
• Leslie Harcourt as Henry Barker
• Julie Suedo as Mrs Forbes
• Sybil Brooke as Miss Waring
• Bill Shine as Joe
• Margaret Davidge as Mrs. Benson
• Anita Sharp-Bolster as Mlle. Dulac

Critical reception

TV Guide dismissed it as "A vapid crime story."^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: BFI | Film & TV Database | The VILLIERS DIAMOND (1938). 6 February 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090206191819/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/56722. 6 February 2009.
2. Web site: The Villiers Diamond | TV Guide. TVGuide.com.