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

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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