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The Crooked Billet is a British film of genre Drama directed by Robert Atkins with Madeleine Carroll

The Crooked Billet (1930)

The Crooked Billet
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Length 1h22
Directed by ,    
Genres Drama,    Crime

The Crooked Billet is a 1929 British drama film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Madeleine Carroll, Carlyle Blackwell and Miles Mander. It was released in both silent and sound versions, as its production came as the industry was shifting over. It was made by Gainsborough Pictures at their Islington Studios.

It is listed on the British Film Institute's 75 Most Wanted list of lost films.

Actors

Madeleine Carroll

(Joan Easton)Carlyle Blackwell

(Dietrich Hebbirn)Miles Mander

(Guy Merrow)Gordon Harker

(Slick)Kim Peacock

(Philip Easton)
And :
Danny Green
Alexander Field
Raymond Massey
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