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The Cavalier of the Streets

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Initial release
  
March 1937

Running time
  
1h 10m

Duration
  

Director
  
Harold French

Genre
  
Comedy

Writer
  
George Barraud, Ralph Neale

Related Harold French movies
  
The Blind Goddess (1948), Encore (1951), The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955), Major Barbara (1941), The Day Will Dawn (1942)

The Cavalier of the Streets is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Harold French and starring Margaret Vyner, Patrick Barr and Carl Harbord. It was filmed at Pinewood Studios. An aristocratic lady is blackmailed.

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Plot

In this courtroom drama, barrister Sir John Avalon's (James Craven) wife Fay (Margaret Vyner) is accused of murdering her husband. Will her husband's partner, the Cavalier (Patrick Barr), who is blackmailing her, confess to killing him in time to save her life?

Cast

  • Patrick Barr - The Cavalier
  • Margaret Vyner - Fay Avalon
  • Carl Harbord - Prince Karanov
  • James Craven - Sir John Avalon
  • Peggy Chester - Daphne Brook
  • Laura Smithson - Mrs Rudd
  • Renee De Vaux - Lady Carnal
  • Leo Genn - Attorney General

    • Critical reception

    TV Guide wrote, "More boring courtroom drama; English directors of the 1930s never seemed to tire of this stuff. Genn's brief appearance is the only enlivening factor here."

    References

    The Cavalier of the Streets Wikipedia
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    The Cavalier of the Streets IMDb