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Jury's Evidence (Original title)
Date: 1936 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Ralph Ince

Synopsis: Crime film. A jury sitting on a case are led by their foreman through an imaginative survey of how the crime, a murder, was committed. The jury as a body turn his story down and the trial goes on to its obvious end. Denouement is unexpected yet true to the story.

Genres:
Crime, Legal and Courtroom drama

Subject:
Juries
Releases
Date: 1936Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 73 mins Length: 6656 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (15)
Production Company: British Lion Film Corporation, Production Supervisor: Herbert Smith, Assistant Director: Arthur Alcott, Adapted from the screen play by: Jack De Leon, Scenarist: Ian Dalrymple, Original play: Jack De Leon, Jack Celestin, Cameraman: George Stretton, Cameraman: Harry Rose, Supervising Editor: Arthur Tavares, Film Editor: Hugh Stewart, Art Director: Norman Arnold, Sound Engineer: Harold King, Studio: Beaconsfield Studios
Cast (13)
Hartley Power (Edgar Trent), Margaret Lockwood (Betty Stanton), Nora Swinburne (Mary Trent), Eve Gray (Ruby), Sebastian Shaw (Philip), Tracey Holmes (John Stanton), Jane Millican (Agatha), Philip Strange (Jeffrey), Aubrey Fitzgerald, Patrick Ludlow (Cyril), Chas. Paton (Crowther), Dick Francis, Kathleen Harrison (secretary)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (5)
In: Today's Cinema v66 n5344 17 May 1946
Title: [Today's Cinema - v66 n5344 17 May 1946: no known title]Language: English

In: Kinematograph Weekly n2039 16 May 1946
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2039 16 May 1946: no known title]Language: English
Description: Re-issue.

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v3 n25 January 1936  Page: 7
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v3 n25 January 1936: no known title]Language: English

In: Today's Cinema v46 n3203 8 Jan 1936
Title: [Today's Cinema - v46 n3203 8 Jan 1936: no known title]Language: English

In: Kinematograph Weekly n1499 9 Jan 1936
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1499 9 Jan 1936: no known title]Language: English


Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(6)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 6308 FeetStock date: 1985BFI identifier: C-83736
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)


Description: MP4MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-147411
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI



Digital materials(1)
Description: MP4MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-147411
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI



Film materials(5)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 6900 FeetStock date: 1935BFI identifier: C-83735
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 5961 FeetBFI identifier: C-1419636
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 6308 FeetStock date: 1985BFI identifier: C-83736
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)


Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeSound: Combined as MuteLength: 6309 FeetBFI identifier: C-83738
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Re-recordedBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 8.0769 FeetBFI identifier: C-83737
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film