The Last Chance

The Last Chance (1937)

...TO FIND THE MISSING EVIDENCE THAT WILL PROVE HIS INNOCENCE...

Alan Burmister leaves Devon on a secret gun-running expedition immediately after his engagement to Mary Perrin is announced; he returns at Christmas to find himself accused of the murder of Ivor Connel, a moneylender. Mary's father had always hoped that his daughter would marry John Worrall, a rising barrister. Worrall is briefed for the defence, but when he loses the case and Alan is condemned to penal servitude for life, no one but the judge realises that he has not made use of the best piece of defence evidence...

Date of release
1937-11-11
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 16m
Genres
Drama
Director
Thomas Bentley

Casting

Interesting facts

The Last Chance is a 1937 British drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Frank Leighton, Judy Kelly and Laurence Hanray. It was written by Harry Hughes based on the play by Frank Stayton. It was made as a quota quickie at British International Pictures' second studio at Welwyn. The film's sets were designed by the art director Duncan Sutherland. Its plot involves a gunrunner who makes a jail break in order to gather evidence to prove he is innocent of murder.

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