The Mysterious Mr. Davis (1939)
A man beset by creditors invents a fictitious partner
- Date of release
- 1939-12-01
- TMDB
- 5.8 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 58m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Claude Autant-Lara
Casting
- Henry Kendall — Julian Roscoe
- Kathleen Kelly — Audrey Roscoe
- Richard Gofe — Teddy Roscoe
- Alastair Sim — Theodore F. Wilcox
- Morris Harvey — Cecil Goldenburg
- Jeanne Stuart — Anita Goldenberg
- A. Bromley Davenport — Lord Avonmouth
- Guy Middleton — Milton
- Quentin McPhearson — The Landlord
- Ben Field — The Decorator
- Fred Duprez — Wilcox
- Alfred Wellesley — The Pawnbroker
Interesting facts
The Mysterious Mr. Davis is a 1939 British comedy drama film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and starring Henry Kendall, Kathleen Kelly and Alastair Sim. It was written by Jacques Prévert and Cecil Madden, based on the 1928 novel The Partner by Jenaro Prieto and was released the same year as an Italian adaptation The Silent Partner. The film was made as a quota quickie and distributed by the American company RKO Pictures.
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