John Loder
Capt. Rufus Grant
John Loder and Elliot Makeham star in Redd Davis’s British topical crime thriller. Professor Grayson is working on an anti-gas experiment and Dr. Klee, whose quiet advertising covers other welfares, means to find it.
Release Date | 1938-12-02 |
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Runtime | 1h 16m |
Directors | Redd Davis, Percival Mackey, Geoffrey Faithfull, Arthur Barnes |
Producer | |
Writer | E. Hayter Preston |
This has quite an interesting warning - that we could revert to the evil tactics of using poisoned gas as a tool of warfare; and with the Nazi menace already looming in Europe when this was made in 1938, it has added poignancy. Eliot Makeham ("Prof. Grayson") is a scientist who has designed a formula that can provide a proof against such gases; but the duplicitous Noel Madison ("Dr. Klee) has his eye on it. John Loder ("Capt. Grant" ) is the plucky MI5 guy who has to ride to their rescue. It has a little intrigue at the start, and isn't terrible, but the script and direction are all pretty routine.
— CinemaSerf