The Ware Case (1938)

Directed by

Robert Stevenson

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 19m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy man is put on trial for murder. The film follows the legal proceedings and the secrets that come out about his life and marriage.

theatricalmelodramaticdatedslow-movingstatelytalkyformalrestrained

What happens

The Ware Case is a 1938 British drama film directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Clive Brook, Jane Baxter and Barry K. Barnes. It is an adaptation of the play The Ware Case (1915) by George Pleydell Bancroft, which had previously been made into two silent films, in 1917 and 1928. It had been a celebrated stage vehicle for Sir Gerald Du Maurier. The film was made at Ealing Studios with stately home exteriors shot in the grounds of Pinewood. Oscar Friedrich Werndorff worked as set designer. In Forever Ealing, George Perry wrote, "The Ware Case is a stagey, melodramatic piece. But it was made on schedule within its budget, and was thus able to go into profit." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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