The Clue of the New Pin (1929 film)
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Genre Crime, Mystery Cinematography Horace Wheddon Language English | Director Arthur Maude Production British Lion Films Duration Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Edgar Wallace , Kathleen Hayden Release date March 1929 People also search for Watch Beverly, The Ringer Cast Donald Calthrop , Benita Hume , Kim Peacock , John Gielgud , Fred Rains | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Clue of the New Pin is a 1929 British crime film directed by Arthur Maude and starring Benita Hume, Kim Peacock, and Donald Calthrop. It was made at Beaconsfield Studios.
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The film was one of only 10 filmed in British Phototone, a sound-on-disc system which used 12-inch discs. All of the other nine films made in this process were short films. In March 1929, this film and The Crimson Circle, filmed in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film system, were 'trade-shown' to cinema exhibitors.
This film is an adaptation of the 1923 novel The Clue of the New Pin by Edgar Wallace. It was later remade in 1961.
Plot
A wealthy recluse is murdered in an absolutely sealed room.
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The Clue of the New Pin (1929 film) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA
The Clue of the New Pin (1929 film) IMDb