The Crimes of Stephen Hawke (1936)
April 30, 1936Release Date
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke (1936)
April 30, 1936Release Date
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Cast & Crew.

Tod Slaughter
Stephen Hawke

Marjorie Taylor
Julia Hawke

D.J. Williams
Joshua Trimble

Eric Portman
Matthew Trimble

Graham Soutten
Nathaniel

Gerald Barry
Miles Archer

George M. Slater
Lord Brickhaven

Charles Penrose
Sir Franklin

Norman Pierce
Landlord

Flotsam and Jetsam
Themselves

Paul White
Writer

Frederick Hayward
Screenplay

Jack Celestin
Writer

H.F. Maltby
Writer

Ronald Neame
Cinematography

Philip Bawcombe
Art Direction
Details.
Release DateApril 30, 1936
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 9m
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The Crimes of Stephen Hawke is a 1936 British historical melodrama film directed by George King and starring Tod Slaughter as the nefarious Stephen Hawke - who masquerades as the 'Spine-Breaker'. It also features Marjorie Taylor, D. J. Williams and Eric Portman. It was made at Shepperton Studios, with sets designed by Philip Bawcombe.
This is the third of Tod Slaughter's film outings, billed as a 'new-old melodrama'. In the introduction Slaughter appears in person, in a BBC studio, where he describes with relish his murderous activities in his two previous films: Maria Marten or Murder in the Red Barn (1935) and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936).
In the film Slaughter plays a seemingly kindly money-lender who dotes on his daughter Julia. He has however a double life as the notorious 'Spine-Breaker', Victorian England's most maniacal serial killer. His nefarious activities are eventually detected by his daughter's suitor Matthew Trimble, the son of one of his victims, who after pursuing and failing to catch him somewhat charitably opines to his daughter:
'Julia, Julia, my darling, listen to me. I know that he's the notorious 'Spine-Breaker' and he ought to be dead a hundred times but I also know that his death cannot bring my father back to life. But alive or dead it cannot alter my love for you.'
In the end Slaughter comes out of hiding to kill another unwelcome suitor of his daughter, before falling to his death from the roof of his house in a dramatic final exit.
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