Knights for a Day is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Norman Lee and starring Nelson Keys, John Garrick and Nancy Burne.[2][3] It was made as a quota quickie at Welwyn Studios.
| Knights for a Day | |
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| Directed by | Norman Lee |
| Written by | Frank Atkinson Charles Bray Aveling Ginever |
| Produced by | Aveling Ginever |
| Starring | Nelson Keys John Garrick Nancy Burne Cathleen Nesbitt |
Production company | Pearl Productions |
| Distributed by | Pathé Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 69 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
editA man wins a car in a competition, and decides to tour round the country. He ends up assisting a prince who is being pursued by a gang of revolutionaries.
Cast
edit- Nelson Keys as Bert Wrigley
- John Garrick as Prince Nicholas of Datria
- Nancy Burne as Sally Wrigley
- Frank Atkinson as Timothy Trout
- Cathleen Nesbitt as Lady Agatha
- Billy Bray as Brandt
- Fred Duprez as Custer
- Gerald Barry as Krampf
- Wyn Weaver as Lord Croke
- Percy Walsh as Lord Southdown
References
edit- ^ Chibnall p.289
- ^ "Knights for a Day". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012.
- ^ "Knights for a Day (1937) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast - AllMovie". AllMovie.
Bibliography
edit- Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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