Old Iron
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| Directed by | Tom Walls[2] |
| Written by | Ben Travers[2] |
| Produced by | Tom Walls |
| Starring | Tom Walls Eva Moore Cecil Parker Veronica Rose |
| Cinematography | Mutz Greenbaum |
| Edited by | Lynn Harrison |
| Music by | Louis Levy |
Production company | Tom Walls Productions |
| Distributed by | British Lion Film |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Old Iron is a 1938 British comedy-drama film directed by Tom Walls and starring Walls, Richard Ainley, Henry Hewitt, Eva Moore and Cecil Parker.[3][2] It was written by Ben Travers and was made at Shepperton Studios.[4]
Overbearing but kind-hearted old industrialist Sir Henry Woodstock (known as "Old Iron" to his family) quarrels with his favourite son Harry because Harry wishes to marry the daughter of a business opponent whom he suspects of shady practices. Harry, who has inherited his father's temperament, drives away in a blind fury, runs a man down and kills him. At his trial for manslaughter Sir Henry's testimony as to the quarrel, and the mental disturbance that must have resulted from the conflict in Harry's mind between love of his father and determination to do what he himself thought right, secures Harry's acquittal.
Cast
- Tom Walls as Sir Henry Woodstock
- Eva Moore as Lady Woodstock
- Cecil Parker as Barnett
- Richard Ainley as Harry Woodstock
- David Tree as Michael
- Veronica Rose as Lorna Barnett
- Enid Stamp-Taylor as Eileen Penshaw
- Leslie Perrins as Richard Penshaw
- Arthur Wontner as Judge
- Henry Hewitt as Wilfred
- O. B. Clarence as Gordon