I'm an Explosive

I'm an Explosive
Directed by	Adrian Brunel
Produced by	George Smith Harry Cohen
Written by	Gordon Phillips (novel) Adrian Brunel
Starring	William Hartnell Gladys Jennings Eliot Makeham Sybil Grove
Cinematography	Geoffrey Faithfull
Production company	George Smith Productions
Distributed by	Fox
Release dates	March 1933
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

I'm an Explosive is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring William Hartnell, Gladys Jennings and Eliot Makeham. In the film, the son of an inventor accidentally drinks an explosive liquid.

Production

The film was a Quota quickie made at Nettlefold Studios in Walton-on-Thames by the producer George Smith and distributed by Fox, enabling it to meet the annual quota. It was based on a novel by Gordon Phillips. Despite its low budget and short running time the film proved a considerable hit with audiences on its general release.^[1]

Cast

William Hartnell as Edward Whimperley
Gladys Jennings as Anne Pannell
Eliot Makeham as Professor Whimperly
D. A. Clarke-Smith as Lord Ferndale
Sybil Grove as Miss Harriman
Harry Terry as Mould
George Dillon as Shilling
Adele Blanche as French Girl

References

↑ Chibnall p.36

Bibliography

Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' film. British Film Institute, 2007.
Low, Rachael. History of the British Film: Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.

External links

I'm an Explosive at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Adrian Brunel

The Cost of a Kiss (1917)
The Man Without Desire (1923)
Lovers in Araby (1924)
Blighty (1927)
The Constant Nymph (1928)
The Vortex (1928)
A Light Woman (1928)
The Crooked Billet (1929)
Taxi to Paradise (1933)
Two Wives for Henry (1933)
The Laughter of Fools (1933)
I'm an Explosive (1933)
Follow the Lady (1933)
Important People (1934)
Badger's Green (1934)
Menace (1934)
Variety (1935)
Vanity (1935)
City of Beautiful Nonsense (1935)
Cross Currents (1935)
While Parents Sleep (1935)
The Invader (1935)
Prison Breaker (1936)
Love at Sea (1936)
The Rebel Son (1938)
The Lion Has Wings (1939)
The Girl Who Forgot (1940)

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