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Dirty Work (1934 film)

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Dirty Work
Directed byTom Walls
Written byBen Travers
Starring
CinematographyPhilip Tannura
Edited byAlfred Roome
Music by
Production
company
Distributed byGaumont British Distributors
Release date
  • 6 December 1934 (1934-12-06)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Dirty Work is a 1934 British comedy crime film directed by Tom Walls and starring Ralph Lynn, Gordon Harker, Robertson Hare and Basil Sydney. It was based on Dirty Work, one of the Aldwych Farces, by Ben Travers, which had some of the same cast members. The film was made at the Lime Grove Studios[1] with sets designed by the art director Alfred Junge.

Plot

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A private detective is hired to protect expensive jewelry.[2]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Wood p.81
  2. ^ Dirty Work (1934 film) profile, ftvdb.bfi.org.uk; accessed 9 April 2015.

Bibliography

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  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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Dirty Work at IMDb