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Genre
  
Crime

Initial release
  
May 1931 (United Kingdom)

Running time
  
1h 13m

Story by
  
Austin Small

6.8/10
IMDb

Duration
  

Director
  
Peter Godfrey

Screenplay
  
Ralph Gilbert Bettison

Writer
  
Ralph Gilbert Bettison, Austin Small (novel)

Cast
  
Charles Laughton
(Captain Grossman),
Donald Wolfit
,
Norman Shelley
(Blind Rudley),
Jane Baxter
(Hilary Gordon),
Cyril McLaglen
(Sergeant Proctor)

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Down River is a 1931 British crime film directed by Peter Godfrey and starring Charles Laughton, Jane Baxter and Harold Huth. It was made at Lime Grove Studios with sets designed by Andrew Mazzei.

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Plot

A man smuggling drugs up the River Thames is caught when a newspaper reporter pursues him.

Cast

  • Charles Laughton as Captain Grossman
  • Jane Baxter as Hilary Gordon
  • Harold Huth as John Durham
  • Kenneth Kove as Ronnie Gordon
  • Hartley Power as Lingard
  • Arthur Goullet as Maxick
  • Norman Shelley as Blind Rudley
  • Frederick Leister as Inspector Manning
  • Cyril McLaglen as Sergeant Proctor
  • Humberston Wright as Sir Michael Gordon
  • Hugh E. Wright as Charlie Wong

    • References

    Down River Wikipedia
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    Down River IMDb