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The Return of the Rat
(1929) England
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Graham Cutts

Cast: Ivor Novello [Pierre Boucheron], Mabel Poulton [Lisette], Isabel Jeans [Zélia de Chaumet Boucheron], Gordon Harker [Moreli], Marie Ault [Mère Colline], Bernard Nedell [Henri de Verrat], Scotch Kelly [Bill], Harry Terry [Alf], Gladys Frazin [Yvonne Sasan]

Gainsborough Pictures, Limited, production; distributed by Woolf & Freedman Film Service. / Produced by Michael Balcon. Scenario by Angus MacPhail and Edgar C. Middleton [?] and A. Neil Lyons?, from the play The Rat by Ivor Novello and Constance Collier. Assistant director, L.B. Lestocq. Cinematography by Roy F. Overbaugh. Music by W.L. Trytel. Presented by C.M. Woolf and Michael Balcon. / Released May 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film, [?] with synchronized music and sound effects?

Drama: Crime.

Survival status: Prints exist in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Disguises

Listing updated: 24 August 2023.

References: Perry-British p. 343 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.