Story of movie The Ringer 1931 Film :
The Ringer is a 1931 British crime film directed by Walter Forde and starring Patric Curwen, Esmond Knight, John Longden and Carol Goodner. Scotland Yard detectives hunt for a dangerous criminal who has recently returned to England. The film was based on an Edgar Wallace story The Gaunt Stranger, the basis for his play The Ringer. Forde remade the same story in 1938 as The Gaunt Stranger. There was also a silent film of The Ringer in 1928, and a 1952 version starring Donald Wolfit.
| The Ringer | |
|---|---|
Poster with Esmond Knight and Carol Goodner | |
| Directed by | Walter Forde |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon |
| Written by | Edgar Wallace (novel) Sidney Gilliat Angus MacPhail Robert Stevenson |
| Starring | Patric Curwen Esmond Knight John Longden Carol Goodner |
| Cinematography | Alex Bryce |
| Edited by | Ian Dalrymple |
Production company | Gainsborough Pictures |
| Distributed by | Ideal Films |
Release date | April 1931 |
Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
It was made at Beaconsfield Studios.
Screenplay
- Patric Curwen as Dr. Lomond
- Esmond Knight as John Lenley
- John Longden as Inspector Wembury
- Carol Goodner as Cora Ann Milton
- Gordon Harker as Samuel Hackett
- Franklin Dyall as Maurice Meister
- Dorothy Bartlam as Mary Lenley
- Henry Hallett as Inspector Bliss
- Arthur Stratton as Sgt. Carter
- Kathleen Joyce as Gwenda Milton
- Eric Stanley as Commissioner
The New York Times wrote, "at the Cameo is a picturization of the late Edgar Wallace's play The Ringer. This film, which hails from England, is the sort of melodrama that provides more amusement than excitement"; while in The BFI Companion to Crime, Phil Hardy wrote, "this is the best version of this oft-filmed play...Directed by Forde with a slickness and pace unusual in British films of the period, especially considering the film's stage origins...Hokum, but enjoyable."
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