The Crime at Blossoms

1933 film

  • March 1933 (1933-03) (UK)
Running time
78 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

The Crime at Blossoms is a 1933 British crime film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Hugh Wakefield and Joyce Bland.[2] It was remade by Rogers in 1949 as Dark Secret.[3]

After moving into a picturesque country cottage, a woman becomes increasingly concerned about the fate of the previous owner who she believes was murdered.[4] The film is based on a play by Mordaunt Shairp.

Cast

  • Hugh Wakefield as Chris Merryman
  • Joyce Bland as Valerie Merryman
  • Eileen Munro as Mrs. Woodman
  • Ivor Barnard as A late visitor
  • Frederick Lloyd as George Merryman
  • Iris Baker as Lena Denny
  • Arthur Stratton as Mr. Woodman
  • Maud Gill as Mrs. Merryman
  • Wally Patch as Palmer
  • Barbara Gott as Fat Lady
  • Moore Marriott as Driver
  • George Ridgwell as Process-Server

Critical reception

TV Guide called it an "Okay crime melodrama."[5]

References

  1. ^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ The Crime at Blossoms notes, ftvdb.bfi.org.uk; accessed 24 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Dark Secret (1949) - Maclean Rogers - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
  4. ^ "The Crime at Blossoms (1933) - Maclean Rogers - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
  5. ^ "The Crime At Blossoms".

External links

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