The Terror (1938 film)

The Terror is a 1938 British crime film directed by Richard Bird and starring Wilfrid Lawson, Linden Travers and Bernard Lee.[1] It was based on the 1927 play The Terror by Edgar Wallace which had previously been adapted as an American film The Terror in 1928.[2]

The Terror
Directed by	Richard Bird
Produced by	Walter C. Mycroft
Written by	William Freshman
Based on	The Terror by Edgar Wallace
Starring	Wilfrid Lawson Bernard Lee Arthur Wontner Linden Travers
Music by	Marr Mackie
Cinematography	Walter J. Harvey
Edited by	Lionel Tomlinson
Production company	Associated British Picture Corporation
Distributed by	Associated British Picture Corporation
Release date	May 1938
Running time	73 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

It was shot at Elstree Studios with sets designed by the art director Cedric Dawe.

Plot summary

A group of criminals carry out a daring robbery of an armoured van. Two of the criminals are betrayed by the mastermind of the operation. After ten years in prison they come out and search for the man behind the crimes who betrayed them. But the police are on their tail also wanting to find out who was behind the robbery.

Cast

• Wilfrid Lawson as Mr. Goodman
• Bernard Lee as Ferdy Fane
• Arthur Wontner as Col. Redmayne
• Linden Travers as Mary Redmayne
• Henry Oscar as Joe Connor
• Iris Hoey as Mrs. Elvery
• Stanley Lathbury as Hawkins, the Butler
• Lesley Wareing as Veronica Elvery
• Alastair Sim as "Soapy" Marx
• John Turnbull as Superintendent Hallick
• Richard Murdoch as Detective Lewis
• Edward Lexy as Inspector Dobie
• Kathleen Harrison as Gladys, the Maid
• Irene Handl as Kitchen Maid

References

1. "The Terror". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012.
2. Goble p.488

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• The Terror on IMDb