Catch as Catch Can (1937)
1h 11m
Running Time
July 1, 1937Release Date
Plot.
Undercover agent Robert Leyland entraps crooks trying to sneak expensive goods past customs on transatlantic crossings. After Leyland falls for reluctant smuggler Barbara Standish, he convinces her to return with him to France with her cache of diamonds. But she is unaware of a network of thieves onboard their ship, competing against each other to make off with her jewels.
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Cast & Crew.
James Mason
Robert Leyland
Viki Dobson
Barbara Standish
Eddie Pola
Tony Canzari
John Warwick
Eddie 'Babyface' Fallon
Finlay Currie
Al Parsons
Margaret Rutherford
'Crafty' Maggie Carberry
Roy Kellino
Director
Richard Llewellyn
Writer
Paul Blake
Cornwallis
John Findlay
Producer
James Mageean
Ben
Stanley Grant
Cinematographer
Eva Hudson
Manzanilla
Ronald Neame
Cinematographer
Paul Sheridan
Fournival
Peter Popp
Bertram Plush
Details.
Wiki.
Catch as Catch Can is a 1937 British crime film directed by Roy Kellino and starring James Mason, Viki Dobson, Eddie Pola and Margaret Rutherford. On board a luxury liner, young Barbara Standish attempts to smuggle stolen jewels from France to America.