The Invader (1935 film)

The Invader
Directed by	Adrian Brunel
Produced by	Harold Richman Sam Spiegel
Written by	Edwin Greenfield
Starring	Buster Keaton Lupita Tovar Lyn Harding Esme Percy
Music by	John Greenwood
Cinematography	Eugen Schüfftan
Edited by	Daniel Birt
Production company	British & Continental
Distributed by	MGM
Release dates	1935
Running time	61 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Invader is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Buster Keaton, Lupita Tovar and Lyn Harding. The film follows the same plot as its remake Pest from the West (1939), with a millionaire setting out to win a local girl in Mexico.^[1]

The film was produced as a quota quickie at Isleworth Studios by British & Continental as part of a contract to supply films for MGM to meet its annual quota set by the British government. The film is also known under the alternative title An Old Spanish Custom,

Cast

Buster Keaton as Leander Proudfoot
Lupita Tovar as Lupita Melez
Lyn Harding as Gonzalo Gonzalez
Esme Percy as Jose
Andreas Malandrinos as Carlos the barman
Clifford Heatherley as Cheeseman
Hilda Moreno as Carmita
Webster Booth as Cantina Singer

References

↑ Dardis, Tom (1996). Keaton: The Man Who Wouldn't Lie Down. Hal Leonard. p. 297. ISBN 9780879101176.

External links

The Invader at the Internet Movie Database
The Invader at the International Buster Keaton Society

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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