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The Bank Messenger Mystery

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The Bank Messenger Mystery
Directed byWill Hammer[1]
Written byLawrence Huntington
Produced byLawrence Huntington
StarringGeorge Mozart
Francesca Bahrle
Paul Neville
CinematographyEric Cross
Production
company
Distributed byRenown Pictures (UK)
Release date
  • 1937 (1937)
Running time
56 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Bank Messenger Mystery is a 1936 British crime film written and directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring George Mozart, Francesca Bahrle and Paul Neville. It was an early production of Hammer Films.[2] The film was apparently trade shown in December 1936, but was not actually released until 1937 (if at all). No actual evidence of a theatrical release exists.[3]

Plot

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A bank cashier (George Mozart) feels he has been wrongfully fired and teams up with some criminals to rob the bank.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Fellner, Chris (2018). The encyclopedia of Hammer Films. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 13. ISBN 978-1538126592.
  2. ^ Wood p.93
  3. ^ Johnson, Tom (1996). Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography. North Carolina: McFarland. p. 26. ISBN 0-7864-0034-X.

Bibliography

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  • 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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