Crackerjack (1938 film)

Crackerjack
Directed by	Albert de Courville
Produced by	Edward Black
Written by	William Blair Morton Ferguson (novel) A.R. Rawlinson Basil Mason Michael Pertwee
Starring	Tom Walls Lilli Palmer Noel Madison Leon M. Lion
Music by	Louis Levy
Cinematography	Jack E. Cox
Edited by	R. Wilson
Production company	Gainsborough Pictures
Distributed by	General Film Distributors
Release dates	October 1938
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Crackerjack is a 1938 British comedy crime film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Tom Walls, Lilli Palmer and Noel Madison. It was made at Pinewood Studios^[1] with sets designed by Walter Murton.

Plot

Jack Drake (Tom Walls) is a sort of Robin Hood, stealing from the rich to give it to the poor, mostly children's charity. He acts as Crackerjack, writing even a book, that becomes a bestseller and everybody reads. When suddenly somebody appears using his methods described in the book for a big stealing, he tries to find out who it is, without letting know, that he's investigating.

Cast

• Tom Walls as Jack Drake
• Lilli Palmer as Baroness Von Haltz
• Noel Madison as Sculpie
• Leon M. Lion as Hambro Golding
• Edmund Breon as Tony Davenport
• Jack Lester as Boyne
• Charles Heslop as Burdge
• H.G. Stoker as Supt. Benting
• Henry B. Longhurst as Insp. Lunt
• Ethel Griffies as Annie
• Edmund D'Alby as Lug
• Muriel George as Mrs. Humbold
• Andreas Malandrinos as Ducet
• Fewlass Llewellyn as Weller
• Hal Walters as Smithy
• Burton Pierce as Dancer
• Hugh Dempster as Wally Astell
• Michael Shepley as Wally Astill

References

1. Wood p.98

Bibliography

• Wood, Linda. British Films 1927-1939. BFI, 1986.

External links

• Crackerjack at the Internet Movie Database