Road House is a 1934 British comedy crime film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Violet Loraine, Gordon Harker and Aileen Marson.
Road House | |
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Directed by | Maurice Elvey |
Produced by | Michael Balcon Jerome Jackson |
Written by | Walter C. Hackett (play) Leslie Arliss Austin Melford |
Starring | Violet Loraine Gordon Harker Aileen Marson Emlyn Williams |
Music by | Bretton Byrd |
Cinematography | Leslie Rowson |
Edited by | Paul Capon |
Production company | Gaumont British |
Distributed by | Gaumont British Distributors |
Release date | 29 November 1934 |
Running time | 76 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Screenplay
The film is based on the 1932 play Road House by Walter C. Hackett. It was made by British Gaumont at the Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush, with shooting beginning in July 1934. The film's art direction is by Alfred Junge. British Gaumont's contract director Alfred Hitchcock was originally reported to be making the film, but instead directed The Man Who Knew Too Much.
- Violet Loraine as Belle Larrimore
- Gordon Harker as Sam Pritchard
- Aileen Marson as Kitty Hamble
- Emlyn Williams as Chester
- Hartley Power as Dick D'Arcy
- Anne Grey as Lady Chettwinde
- Stanley Holloway as Donovan
- Marie Lohr as Lady Hamble
- Edwin Styles as Archie Hamble
- Romilly Lunge as Hugh Romilly