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Action for Slander is a British film of genre Drama directed by Tim Whelan released in USA on 14 january 1938 with Clive Brook

Action for Slander (1937)

Action for Slander
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Released in USA 14 january 1938
Length 1h23
Directed by
Genres Drama
Rating64% 3.220493.220493.220493.220493.22049

Action for Slander is a 1937 British drama film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Clive Brook, Ann Todd and Googie Withers. An army officer is falsely accused at cheating at cards by a man whose wife he had an affair with and struggles to clear his name. It was an adaptation of the 1937 novel Action for Slander by Mary Borden.

Synopsis

Major George Daviot is left by his wife Ann due to their growing estrangement and her knowledge that he has fallen in love with another woman, Josie Bradford, the wife of one of his fellow officers. Daviot goes off with friends for a weekend party at a country house attended by a number of prominent figures including businessmen and politicians as well as Captain Bradford and his wife. The tension between Bradford and Daviot is obvious during grouse shooting as Bradford is clearly aware of Daviot's affair with his wife.

Actors

Clive Brook

(Ann Daviot)Ann Todd

(Ann Daviot)Margaretta Scott

(Josie Bradford)Arthur Margetson

(Capt. Hugh Bradford)Ronald Squire

(Charles Cinderford)
And :
Athole Stewart
Percy Marmont
Frank Cellier
Morton Selten
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