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The Romany (1923)
Character: Andrew MacDonald
A gypsy girl saves a runaway girl from her rich fiancé.
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The Great Well (1924)
Character: Eric
In India a major tries to cash in on a dry oil well but shoots himself when the oil returns.
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Diana of the Crossways (1922)
Character: Rodworth
A sensuous woman trapped in a loveless relationship has an affair with a leading politician which threatens to bring down the government.
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Should a Doctor Tell? (1930)
Character: Prosecution
A doctor agonises over whether to tell his son that the woman he is marrying is pregnant by another man, although this would mean breaking the hypocratic oath.
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Darby and Joan (1937)
Character: Coroner
Darby is a blind girl and Joan is her elder sister. The story revolves around Joan's passion for Yorke - an idle scamp - and her marriage to his uncle, the family benefactor.
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Brother Alfred (1932)
Character: Denis
Vaudevillian Gene Gerrard stars as George, a young man on a yacht moored off Monte Carlo who has a tiff with his fiancée, goes ashore on a glorious binge, then finds himself accused of assaulting a prince! When he attempts to extricate himself by pretending to be his non-existent twin brother, he finds he's really in trouble...
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Thank Evans (1938)
Character: Inspector Pine
An impoverished racetrack tout discovers that a crooked trainer is about to throw a race involving a nobleman's horse.
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The Path of Glory (1934)
Character: Colonel Conti
Comedy about two Ruritanian countries who declare war on each other with the mutual intention of losing. Political satire that might have been Britain’s answer to Duck Soup.
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The Yellow Claw (1921)
Character: Gaston Max
A frightened woman is murdered in the London apartment of a well-known novelist named Henry Leroux. The police arrest Leroux's butler, but he escapes and runs off to a mysterious opium den, the lair of a drug dealer named Mister King. Gaston Max, a detective from Paris, arrives in London to investigate the drug trafficking. Although the police take down the gang, Mr. King escapes and manages to keep his true identity a secret.
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The Viper (1938)
Character: Jagger
Crime comedy sequel to The Vulture (1937). Amateur sleuth, Cedric Gull, takes on another case.
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Alibi (1931)
Character: Insp. Davis
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot investigates a mysterious suicide at a country house.
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The Devil's Foot (1921)
Character: Mortimer Tregennis
Sherlock Holmes (Eille Norwood) is on vacation when he stumbles into a house and discovers two bodies. Both have been dead for hours but there aren't any visible signs of violence and soon other bodies start to pile up.
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The Callbox Mystery (1932)
Character: Inspector Brown
The Callbox Mystery (1932) is a British quota quickie crime film about a detective investigating murders linked to a mysterious callbox, likely involving suspects from a will, with a newspaper woman assisting and uncovering deeper secrets behind the apparent financial motives.
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Blackmail (1929)
Character: The Chief Inspector
London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling herself ignored, Alice agrees to go out with an elegant and well-mannered artist who invites her to visit his fancy apartment.
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Bulldog Jack (1935)
Character: Sgt. Robinson
While filling in for injured supersleuth Bulldog Drummond (Atholl Fleming), world-class cricket player Jack Pennington (Jack Hulbert) attempts to foil a criminal mastermind's (Ralph Richardson) impending heist that's targeting a valuable jewel necklace held within the British Museum. This comedic 1930s mystery features daring rescues, intense fistfights and an exciting edge-of-your seat finale aboard a runaway train.
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