Troubled Waters (1936 film) explained

Troubled Waters
Director:Albert Parker
Producer:John Findlay
Cinematography:Roy Kellino
Editing:Cecil H. Williamson
Studio:Fox-British Pictures
Distributor:Twentieth Century-Fox Film Company (UK)
Runtime:70 minutes
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English

Troubled Waters is a 1936 British mystery film directed by Albert Parker and starring James Mason, Virginia Cherrill, Alastair Sim, Raymond Lovell and Sam Wilkinson.[1] It was made at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie by the British subsidiary of Fox Film.[2]

Plot

A government agent exposes smugglers in a British town with a dwindling spring mineral water business.[3]

Cast

Critical reception

TV Guide gave the film two out of four stars, and wrote, "The action is sustained throughout and Mason, as usual, is very good." This was not in response to the film's actual premiere but at least twenty years later, as the first TV Guide was not published until 1953.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20090114021056/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/55384 BFI.org
  2. Chibnall p.292
  3. Web site: Troubled Waters (1936) - Albert Parker | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie.
  4. Web site: Troubled Waters.