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Crime on the Hill (Original title)
Date: 23 April 1934 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Direction: Bernard Vorhaus

Synopsis: A murder mystery set in an English village about a Vicar who sets out to prove the innocence of a man convicted of poisoning his fiancee's wealthy uncle.

Genre:
Crime

Subject:
Homicide
Releases
Date: 1933Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 58 mins Length: 6190 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (14)
Production Company: British International Pictures, Adaptation, Dialogue & Scenario: Bernard Vorhaus, Adaptation, Dialogue & Scenario: E.M. Delafield, Adaptation, Dialogue & Scenario: Vera Allinson, M. Hankinson, From the play by: Jack De Leon, Jack Celestin, Photography: Claude Friese-Greene, Film Editor: Walter Stokvis, Art Direction: Duncan Sutherland, Recorded on: Klangfilm, Sound Recording: D. Howells, [Studio]: Elstree Studios
Cast (14)
Sally Blane (Sylvia Kennett), Sir Nigel Playfair (Dr Moody), Lewis Casson (Reverend Michael Grey), Anthony Bushell (Tony Fields), Phyllis Dare (Clare Winslow), Judy Kelly (Alice Green), George Merritt (Inspector Wolf), Reginald Purdell (reporter), Gus McNaughton (Collins), Hal Gordon (Sgt Granger), Jimmy Godden (landlord), Hay Petrie ([Jevons]), Kenneth Kove ([tourist]), Tonie Edgar-Bruce ([])