The Floating Dutchman
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The Floating Dutchman is a 1952 British
crime film
directed by Vernon Sewell
and starring Dermot Walsh
, Sydney Tafler
and Mary Germaine
. A Scotland Yard detective goes undercover amongst jewel thieves after a dead Dutchman is found floating in the river. It was based on a novel by Nicholas Bentley.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
crime film
Crime film
Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. Criminal acts are almost always glorified in these movies.- Plays and films...
directed by Vernon Sewell
Vernon Sewell
Vernon Campbell Sewell was a British film director, screenwriter, producer writer and, briefly, an actor. Sewell was born in London, England in 1903. He was educated at Marlborough College. He directed over 30 films during his career, starting with Morgenrot in 1933...
and starring Dermot Walsh
Dermot Walsh
Dermot Walsh was an Irish stage, film and television actor, known for portraying Richard the Lionheart in the 1962 television series Richard the Lionheart.-Early life:...
, Sydney Tafler
Sydney Tafler
Sydney Tafler , was a British film and television actor, first appearing in London's West End in 1936, after two years at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, with Sir Seymour Hicks in The Man in Dress Clothes....
and Mary Germaine
Mary Germaine
-Cast:* Laughter in Paradise * Where's Charley? * The Floating Dutchman * Father's Doing Fine * House of Blackmail * Out of the Clouds * The Green Carnation -External links:...
. A Scotland Yard detective goes undercover amongst jewel thieves after a dead Dutchman is found floating in the river. It was based on a novel by Nicholas Bentley.
Cast
- Dermot WalshDermot WalshDermot Walsh was an Irish stage, film and television actor, known for portraying Richard the Lionheart in the 1962 television series Richard the Lionheart.-Early life:...
... Alexander James - Sydney TaflerSydney TaflerSydney Tafler , was a British film and television actor, first appearing in London's West End in 1936, after two years at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, with Sir Seymour Hicks in The Man in Dress Clothes....
... Victor Skinner - Mary GermaineMary Germaine-Cast:* Laughter in Paradise * Where's Charley? * The Floating Dutchman * Father's Doing Fine * House of Blackmail * Out of the Clouds * The Green Carnation -External links:...
... Rose Reid - Guy Verney ... Snow White
- Hugh Morton ... Inspector Cathie
- James RaglanJames Raglan-In Australia:Early in 1935 he was brought out to Australia with the Gabriel Toyne company by J. C. Williamson, playing Laburnum Grove and Michael Egan's The Dominant Sex. During this time he had appeared in the radio serials The Scarlet Pimpernel and Khyber by Edmund Barclay, in both series...
... Mr. Wynn - Nicholas Bentley ... Collis
- Arnold Marlé ... Otto
- Derek BlomfieldDerek BlomfieldDerek Blomfield was a British actor who appeared in a number of film and television productions between 1935 and his death in 1964.-Career:...
... Philip Reid