The House of the Arrow (1930)
- Directed by
- Leslie S. Hiscott
- Genre
- mystery film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A British detective investigates a mysterious death at a country house. The film is an adaptation of a popular Inspector Hanaud mystery from the 1920s.
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What happens
The House of the Arrow is a 1930 British mystery film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Dennis Neilson-Terry, Benita Hume and Richard Cooper. It was written by Cyril Twyford based on the 1924 book The House of the Arrow, and its subsequent stage play adaptation by A.E.W. Mason, part of his Inspector Hanaud series. It was one of four film adaptations of the story. A quota quickie, it was made at Twickenham Studios and distributed by the American company Warner Brothers. A separate French-language version La Maison de la Fléche, directed by Henri Fescourt, was also produced at Twickenham A follow-up film, At the Villa Rose, was made in the same year, directed by Hiscott, with Austin Trevor replacing Neilson-Terry as Inspector Hanaud. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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At the Villa Rose (1940)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.