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
'Terrible' Tony Canzari
Finlay Currie
Al Parson
John Warwick
Eddie 'Babyface' Fallon
Margaret Rutherford
'Crafty' Maggie Carberry
Paul Blake
Cornwallis
James Mageean
Ben
Jimmy Mageean
Ben
Eva Hudson
Manzanilla
Paul Sheridan
Fournival
Peter Popp
Bertram Plush
Bernard Merefield
Mr Lowry, Ship's Purser
Charles Sewell
Ship's Captain
Zoe Wynn
Lenore Kendall
John Findlay
Producer
Details.
Wiki.
Catch as Catch Can (also known as Atlantic Episode and Crooked Passage) 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.