P.C. Josser

P.C. Josser
Directed by	Milton Rosmer
Produced by	Michael Balcon
Written by	Ernie Lotinga (play) Herbert Sargent Con West
Starring	Ernie Lotinga Robert Douglas Garry Marsh
Cinematography	William Shenton Horace Wheddon
Production company	Gainsborough Pictures
Distributed by	Woolf & Freedman
Release dates	November 1931
Running time	71 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

P.C. Josser is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Milton Rosmer and starring Ernie Lotinga, Robert Douglas and Garry Marsh. It was made by Gainsborough Pictures at the Islington Studios in London.^[1] It is sometimes confused with another film Doctor Josser K.C. which was released the same year.

The film is based on a 1926 stage play The Police Force, written by Lotinga himself, about a discharged policeman who is able to prevent dishonesty in the horseracing world.

Cast

Ernie Lotinga as Jimmy Josser
Jack Frost as Nobby
Maisie Darrell as Violet Newsome
Robert Douglas as Dick Summers
Garry Marsh as Carson
Max Avieson as Travers

References

↑ Wood p.69

Bibliography

Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

The films of Milton Rosmer

Balaclava (1928)
Dreyfus (1931)
The Perfect Lady (1931)
Many Waters (1931)
P.C. Josser (1931)
After the Ball (1932)
Channel Crossing (1933)
The Secret of the Loch (1934)
What Happened to Harkness? (1934)
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn (1935)
Emil and the Detectives (1935)
The Guv'nor (1935)
Everything Is Thunder (1936)
The Great Barrier (1937)
The Challenge (1938)

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