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The Ringer is a British film of genre Thriller directed by Walter Forde released in USA on 31 may 1932 with Patric Curwen

The Ringer (1931)

The Ringer
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Released in USA 31 may 1932
Length 1h15
Directed by
Genres Thriller,    Crime
Rating60% 3.006283.006283.006283.006283.00628

The Ringer is a 1931 British crime film directed by Walter Forde and starring Patric Curwen, Esmond Knight, John Longden and Carol Goodner.
Scotland Yard detectives hunt for a dangerous criminal who has recently returned to England. The film was based on an Edgar Wallace story The Gaunt Stranger, the basis for his play The Ringer. Forde remade the same story in 1938 as The Gaunt Stranger. There was also a silent film of The Ringer in 1928, and a 1952 version starring Donald Wolfit.

Actors

Patric Curwen

(Dr. Lomond)Esmond Knight

(John Lenley)John Longden

(Inspector Wembury)Carol Goodner

(Cora Ann Milton)Gordon Harker

(Samuel Hackett)Franklin Dyall

(Maurice Meister)
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