Fair Exchange (film)
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| Directed by | Ralph Ince |
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| Produced by | Irving Asher |
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| Cinematography | Basil Emmott |
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| Distributed by | Warner Brothers |
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Running time | 63 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Fair Exchange is a lost 1936 British comedy film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Patric Knowles, Raymond Lovell and Cecil Humphreys.[2][3] It was written by Russell Redcraft and Brock Williams, and made at Teddington Studios as a quota quickie by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers.[4]
The British Film Institute has classed Fair Exchange as a lost film.[1] Its National Archive holds a collection of stills but no film or video materials.[2]
Plot
Undergraduates Tony Meredith and Elmer Goodge are sent down from Oxford, after accusing one of the dons of theft. Meredith's father, a famous criminologist, wishes to dampen his son's enthusiasm for detective work so fakes the burglary of a painting for him to investigate. But Meredith and Goodge find that the picture really has been stolen, and track down the thief.[5]
Cast
- Patric Knowles as Tony Meredith
- Roscoe Ates as Elmer Goodge
- Isla Bevan as Elsie Randall
- Raymond Lovell as Sir Reeves Willoughby
- Cecil Humphreys as Matthew Randall
- Louis Goodrich as James Meredith
- Morland Graham as Dr. Franz Schmidt