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'''''The Peterville Diamond''''' is a 1942 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Walter Forde]] and starring [[Anne Crawford]], [[Donald Stewart (actor)|Donald Stewart]] and [[Renee Houston]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-peterville-diamond-v132390|title=The Peterville Diamond (1942) - Walter Forde - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref> It is also known by the [[alternative title]] '''''Jewel Robbery'''''.<ref name=bfi/>
'''''The Peterville Diamond''''' is a 1942 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Walter Forde]] and starring [[Anne Crawford]], [[Donald Stewart (actor)|Donald Stewart]] and [[Renee Houston]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-peterville-diamond-v132390|title=The Peterville Diamond (1942) - Walter Forde - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref> It is also known by the [[alternative title]] '''''Jewel Robbery'''''.<ref name=bfi/> - the title of the play it is based upon; previously filmed [[Jewel Robbery|in Hollywood in 1932]].<ref>https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VEBzCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT157&lpg=PT157&dq=Jewel+Robbery+1932+Ladislas+Fodor&source=bl&ots=JT0VXmomvU&sig=9JhG86k21-d2TGmpEGGiP0aUljo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiav7mq_-ncAhVGKuwKHXyeAI04ChDoATACegQICBAB#v=onepage&q=Jewel%20Robbery%201932%20Ladislas%20Fodor&f=false</ref>


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Revision as of 12:14, 13 August 2018

The Peterville Diamond
Spanish poster
Directed byWalter Forde
Written byGordon Wellesley
Brock Williams
Produced byMax Milner
StarringAnne Crawford
Donald Stewart
Renee Houston
Oliver Wakefield
CinematographyBasil Emmott
Edited byTerence Fisher
Music byJack Beaver
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Brothers
Release date
1942
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Peterville Diamond is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Anne Crawford, Donald Stewart and Renee Houston.[2] It is also known by the alternative title Jewel Robbery.[3] - the title of the play it is based upon; previously filmed in Hollywood in 1932.[4]

Premise

A thief tries to steal a diamond from the wife of a wealthy businessman, at her suggestion in an effort to get her husband to pay her more attention.[3]

Cast

Production

The film was based on a play by Ladislas Fodor and adapted by Gordon Wellesley. It was made at Teddington Studios by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers. The film's sets were by the resident art director Norman Arnold.[3]

Critical reception

TV Guide gave the film two out of four stars, calling it "An enjoyable light comedy with some witty repartee."[5] while Allmovie thought it "Not a great film," however "still a much, much better film than one would expect from something which was filmed merely as a 'quota quickie.'"[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). "The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film". Walter de Gruyter – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "The Peterville Diamond (1942) - Walter Forde - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  3. ^ a b c "The Peterville Diamond (1942)".
  4. ^ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VEBzCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT157&lpg=PT157&dq=Jewel+Robbery+1932+Ladislas+Fodor&source=bl&ots=JT0VXmomvU&sig=9JhG86k21-d2TGmpEGGiP0aUljo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiav7mq_-ncAhVGKuwKHXyeAI04ChDoATACegQICBAB#v=onepage&q=Jewel%20Robbery%201932%20Ladislas%20Fodor&f=false
  5. ^ "The Peterville Diamond - TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
  6. ^ "The Peterville Diamond (1942) - Walter Forde - Review - AllMovie". AllMovie.

Bibliography

  • Hutchings, Peter. Terence Fisher. Manchester University Press, 2001.

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