Friday the 13th (1933)
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Definitely no relation to the horror-film series of the same name, the British Friday the 13th is a variation of the "Bridge on the San Luis Rey" theme, set in motion by a London bus accident. Two passengers are killed and two injured in the crash, but the screenplay (co-written by… More Definitely no relation to the horror-film series of the same name, the British Friday the 13th is a variation of the "Bridge on the San Luis Rey" theme, set in motion by a London bus accident. Two passengers are killed and two injured in the crash, but the screenplay (co-written by Hitchcock-contributor Sidney Gilliat) keeps the audience in suspense as to the identities of the victims. In a series of flashbacks, the viewer is introduced to the passengers and the various trials and tribulations they were dealing with before the accident. The characters include a chorus girl en route to a date with a man she doesn't love; a henpecked husband whose wife was cheating on him; a blackmailer who'd been bleeding an unfortunate young man dry; a wise-guy crook who was about to be caught by a nasty detective; and so on. Extraordinarily well cast for a mid-1930s British film, Friday the 13th affords excellent acting opportunities for the likes of Jessie Mathews, Ursula Jeans, Frank Lawton, Ralph Richardson, Max Miller, O.B. Clarence and Emlyn Williams, among many many others. While American critics were impressed by the film, British reviewers were less kind, commenting that the constant switch from one character to another only results in confusion (PS: It doesn't). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Victor Saville
- Written By
- Sidney Gilliat, Emlyn Williams
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
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Cast
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Sonnie Hale
as Alf
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Jessie Matthews
as Millie
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Ursula Jeans
as Eileen Jackson
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Edmund Gwenn
as Norman Wakefield
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Frank Lawton
as Frank Parsons
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Max Miller
as Joe
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Emlyn Williams
as Blake
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Cyril Smith
as Fred
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Ralph Richardson
as Horace Dawes
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Muriel Aked
as Miss Twigg
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Belle Chrystal
as Mary
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O.B. Clarence
as Clerk
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Robertson Hare
as Mr. Lightfoot
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Martita Hunt
as Agnes Lightfoot
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Leonora Corbett
as Dolly
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Eliot Makeham
as Jackson
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D.A. Clarke-Smith
as Max
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Gibb McLaughlin
as Florist
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Gordon Harker
as Hamilton Briggs
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Donald Calthrop
as Hugh Nichols
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Ivor McLaren
as Dickie
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Alfred Drayton
as Detective
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Mary Jerrold
as Flora Wakefield
- Clive Morton
- Percy Parsons
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Wally Patch
as Bookie
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Hartley Power
as American
- Harold Warrender
- John Clifford
