Smash and Grab
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Directed by | Tim Whelan |
Produced by | Jack Buchanan |
Written by |
Ralph Spence (screenplay) Jack Buchanan (scenario) Tim Whelan (story) |
Starring |
Jack Buchanan Elsie Randolph |
Music by | Van Phillips (uncredited) |
Cinematography | Henry Harris |
Edited by | Frederick Wilson |
Production company |
Jack Buchanan Productions |
Distributed by | General Film Distributors |
Release date |
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Running time | 73 mins |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Smash and Grab is a 1937 British comedy crime film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Jack Buchanan, Elsie Randolph, with Arthur Margetson and Anthony Holles.[1] The film was released in the U.S. as Larceny Street.[2] It was followed by a sequel in 1939 The Gang's All Here with Buchanan reprising his role and Googie Withers starring as his wife.
Plot
Private detective John Forrest is hired by an insurance company to hunt down a criminal gang on a spree of smash and grab raids on London jewellers. Together with his wife Alice, he tracks the robbers to a barbershop that’s used for fencing the stolen gems.
Cast
- Jack Buchanan – John Forrest
- Elsie Randolph – Alice Thornby
- Arthur Margetson – Malvern
- Anthony Holles – Polino
- Edmund Willard – Cappellano
- Lawrence Grossmith – Rankin
- Zoe Wynn – Carole
- Edward Lexy – Inspector McInerney
- Nigel Fitzgerald – Cosgrove
- Laurence Hanray – Praskins
- Sara Seegar – Miss Quincey
- David Burns – Bellini
References
External links
- Smash and Grab on IMDb
- Smash and Grab at Britmovie
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