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Initial release 5 February 1935 | 7.1/10 Produced by Richard Wainwright Edited by Cyril Heck | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring John WilliamsGeorge HayesMary Glynne Productioncompany Richard Wainwright Productions Similar The Challenge, Animals United, The Guv'nor, Balaclava, The Great Barrier |
Emil and the Detectives is a 1935 British family adventure film directed by Milton Rosmer and starring John Williams, George Hayes and Mary Glynne. It is a remake of the 1931 German film Emil and the Detectives with the main setting moved from Berlin to London. Otherwise it follows the original very closely, recreating many of the same camera shots. It was made at Shepperton Studios.
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Emil and the detectives 1935 extract
Synopsis
While on a train from his home in the countryside to stay with his grandmother in London, a boy named Emil suspects that he has been robbed of his money by a suspicious-looking man in the same carriage wearing a bowler hat. In London, with the help of a gang of street children, he pursues the suspect until he is eventually able to recover the money.
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