Strange Boarders (1938)
1h 14m
Running Time
May 1, 1938Release Date
Plot.
Pre-war intelligence man Tommy Blythe interrupts his honeymoon to investigate the discovery of vital Air Ministry blueprints on a woman killed in a London road accident. The trail leads to a boarding house in Notting Hill and its varied tenants.
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Cast & Crew.
Tom Walls
Tommy Blythe
Renée Saint-Cyr
Louise Blythe
Googie Withers
Elsie
Ronald Adam
Barstow
C. V. France
Col. Lionel Anstruther
Nina Boucicault
Mrs. Anstruther
Leon M. Lion
Luke
C. Denier Warren
Fry
Irene Handl
Mrs. Dewar
Marda Vanne
Mrs. Greatorex
Arthur Goullet
Senor Torres
George Curzon
Sir Charles
Bryan Powley
George Gateshead
Tyrell Davis
Hayes
Martita Hunt
Miss Pitter
Michael Gordon
Editor
Albert Chevalier
uncredited
Leo de Pokorny
uncredited
Dino Galvani
uncredited
Fred Groves
uncredited
James Knight
Fire Chief (uncredited)
Bernard Merefield
uncredited
Bernard Miles
Chemist (uncredited)
Robert Nainby
uncredited
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 1, 1938
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 14m
Filming LocationsPinewood Studios, United Kingdom
Genres
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Wiki.
Strange Boarders is a 1938 British comedy thriller film, directed by Herbert Mason, produced by Edward Black and written by Sidney Gilliat and A. R. Rawlinson. It stars Tom Walls, Renée Saint-Cyr, Googie Withers and Ronald Adam. The film is an adaptation of the 1934 espionage novel The Strange Boarders of Palace Crescent by E. Phillips Oppenheim, and was well received by critics. It was produced by Gainsborough Pictures and distributed by General Film Distributors.
Strange Boarders was released to cinemas in the United Kingdom in May 1938.