Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror [1938]

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1938
Running Times: 70 mins
Format: black and white     35mm
Ratio: 1.37:1
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Company: George King Productions
Producer: George King
Production Manager: E.M. Smedley-Aston

SCRIPT
Story: The Mystery of Caversham Square by Pierre Quiroule
Script: A.R. Rawlinson

DIRECTION
Director: George King
Assistant Directors: Tom Cundall, Hal Mason, E.M. Smedley-Aston (uncredited)

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Hone Glendinning

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: John Seabourne Sr

MUSIC
Musical Director: Jack Beaver

SOUND
Sound: Arthur Geary

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Philip Bawcombe

MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: M.B. Parsons

LOCATIONS
Studio: Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, UK

CAST
George Curzon [Sexton Blake]
Tod Slaughter [Michael Larron]
Greta Gynt [Madamoiselle Julie]
Tony Sympson [Tinker]
Charles Oliver [Max Fleming]
Marie Wright [Mrs Bardell]
David Farrar [Granite Grant]
Norman Pierce [Inspector Bramley]
H.B. Hallam [Monsieur Bertrand]
Bradley Watts [Paul Duvall]
Philip Holles uncredited]
Alex Huber [uncredited]
Carl Melene [uncredited]
Len Sharpe [uncredited]

UK
Theatrical Distributors: Ambassador Film / MGM-British

USA
Video Distributor: Sinister Cinema

The Hooded Terror

1952
May
12: UK - television broadcast [on BBC]

November
17: UK - television broadcast [on BBC]

1953
March
9: UK - television broadcast [on BBC]

August
20: USA - television broadcast [on WATV]

1992
December
Day Unknown: UK - television broadcast [on SuperChannel]

1998
May
23: UK - television broadcast [on Channel 4]

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Kinematograph Weekly no.1609 [February 1938] [UK]
review

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.5 no.50 [February 1938] p.36 [UK]
credits, review

KEYWORDS

private detectives, sexton blake, tongs

Last Updated: 6 March, 2007