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Dick Turpin Highwayman (Original title)
Date: 21 May 1934 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: John Stafford, W. Victor Hanbury

Synopsis: The adventures of highwayman Dick Turpin, and his rescue of the Lady Eleanor from the clutches of evil Sir Luke Rookwood.

Genre:
Action and Adventure
Releases
Date: 1933Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 78 mins Length: 7058 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1965Country: United KingdomRelease type: Non-TheatricalFormat: 8mm Film - Black and White - SoundAspect ratio: 1.375:1Runtime: 60 mins 00 secs - Length: 1200 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (22)
Production Company: John Stafford Productions Ltd., A John Stafford Production: John Stafford, Production Manager: Eric Donaldson, Production Supervision by: Clyde Cook, Assistant Director: W. Kelly, Assistant Director: S. Beckingsale, Assistant Director: J. Sloan, Scenario by: Victor Kendall, Story Adaptation by: Dorothy Hope, Boyd Cable, The story of his deeds as referred to in Mr Harrison Ainsworth's 'Rokwood': Harrison Ainsworth, Photography by: Walter Blakeley, Desmond Dickinson, Film Editor: Ernest Aldridge, Film Editor: Dallas Bower, Art Direction by: Wilfred Arnold, Costumes by: M. Berman, Musical Direction: Ernst Broadhurst, Recorded by: Lance Comfort, Produced at the: Stoll Studios
Cast (11)
Victor McLaglen (Dick Turpin), Jane Carr (Eleanor Mowbray), Cecil Humphreys (Sir Luke Rookwood), Jimmy Finlayson (Jeremy), Frank Vosper (Tom King), Gillian Lind (Nan), Alexander Field (Weasel Jones), Gibb McLaughlin (prison governor), Helen Ferrers (Lady Rookwood), Roy Findlay (Dan Smollet), Lewis Gilbert (Jem)