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Windfall (1935 film)

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Duration
  

Story by
  
R. C. Sherriff

Genre
  
Drama

Running time
  
1h 5m

Writer
  
Jack Celestin, Randall Faye, R.C. Sherriff (play)

Initial release
  
July 31, 1935 (United Kingdom)

Directors
  
George King, Frederick Hayward

Screenplay
  
Randall Faye, Jack Celestin

Cast
  
Charles Hawtrey
,
Googie Withers
(Dodie),
Derrick De Marney
(Tom Spooner),
George Carney
(Syd),
Marie Ault
(Maggie Spooner)

Related George King movies
  
Crimes at the Dark House (1940), Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror (1938), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936), The Face at the Window (1939)

Windfall is a 1935 British drama film adapted by Jack Celestin and Randall Faye from the R. C. Sherriff play of the same title. The film was directed by Frederick Hayward and George King, and starred Edward Rigby and Marie Ault and George Carney. When an elderly ironworker receives a financial windfall, he uses the money to retire, but his family and those around him behave irresponsibly.

Cast

  • Edward Rigby as Sam Spooner
  • Marie Ault as Maggie Spooner
  • George Carney as Syd
  • Marjorie Corbett as Mary
  • Derrick De Marney as Tom Spooner
  • Googie Withers as Dodie
  • Charles Hawtrey as Minor Role (uncredited)

    • References

    Windfall (1935 film) Wikipedia
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    Windfall (1935 film) IMDb