The Crouching Beast (1935)
In 1915 during the First World War, a British secret agent is killed while stealing secret Turkish plans for the Gallipoli Campaign but manages to pass his information to an American journalist.
- Date of release
- 1935-08-29
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Genres
- War, Action, Drama
- Director
- Victor Hanbury
Casting
- Fritz Kortner — Ahmed Bey
- Wynne Gibson — Gail Dunbar
- Andrews Engelmann — Prince Dmitri
- Isabel Jeans — The Pellegrini
- Fred Conyngham — Rudi von Linz
- Peter Gawthorne — Kadir Pasha
- Ian Fleming — Major Abbott
- Marjorie Mars — Ottillie
- Richard Bird — Nigel Druce
- Gus McNaughton
- A. Bromley Davenport
- Margaret Yarde — Bar owner
Interesting facts
The Crouching Beast is a 1935 British war thriller film directed by Victor Hanbury and starring Fritz Kortner, Wynne Gibson and Richard Bird. It was written by L. du Garde Peach based on the 1928 novel The Crouching Beast by Valentine Williams. The film was distributed by the Hollywood studio RKO Pictures in order to fulfil its British quota. However it was considerably more expensive than many of the quota quickies produced by American companies during the era.
Production
The films was shot at Welwyn Studios with sets designed by the art director Duncan Sutherland.
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