Seven Sinners (1936)
1936 · Feature film · 69 min · dir. Albert de Courville
- Thriller
- Crime
Synopsis
Ed Harwood, a wisecracking private investigator from New York, discovers a crime at a hotel in Nice during a carnival. The unraveling of the mystery which lies behind will lead him and Caryl Fenton, a female insurance agent, who will become his companion, first to Paris, then to London, later through the English countryside and finally to Southampton, in search of a criminal train wrecker.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Albert de Courville
- Writer
- Frank Launder
- Composer
- Bretton Byrd
- Cinematography
- Mutz Greenbaum
- Studio
- Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
- Released
- 1936-06-01
- Running time
- 69 minutes
Cast & crew
- Albert de Courville Director
Edmund Lowe
Constance Cummings
Thomy Bourdelle
Henry Oscar
Felix Aylmer
O.B. Clarence
Allan Jeayes- Anthony Holles
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · It was a bit slow until 15 minutes into the story... · Kodachrome · 2010-11-26
...but the previous reviews encouraged me to finish it. I'm glad I did. I do see the similarity with the classic British Hitchcock films, and agree that this movie is top notch. Well scripted, acted and directed. If you like early Alfred Hitchcock, you will like Seven Sinners. Added to the list of my favorite movies. 5 stars.
★★★★★ · seven sinners · Aitchondo · 2010-06-18
Loved it. If you like well made mysteries with charm, this is for you.
★★★★★ · Screwball Mystery · Electrolizard · 2010-06-20
If you like 'The Thin Man' you must see this.
★★★★★ · Enjoyed it all the way through · nellybly99 · 2010-11-26
An unbilled and uncredited James Robertson Justice shows up at the hotel and is at the site of the first train wreck. His first credit is not until 1944 in "For Those in Peril" but he is unmistakable. Now watch me having made a mistake. The train wrecks are very well done. Edmund Lowe and Constance Cummings are a delight. :)
★★★★ · The Real Thing · accalaurie49 · 2010-06-19
Well done Hitchcock-like thriller/comedy with funny intelligent written dialogue between the two leads who unwillingly work together in the investigation. According to IMDb the film makers reused footage of a real train wrecking which was staged for a british film that was shot in 1929 named "The Wrecker".
★★★★ · Train spotting? · Roz S · 2024-07-20
The two American leads are very appealing in this enjoyable comedy thriller, and backed by a strong supporting cast of British stalwarts. The writers keeping the story rattling along were Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, who later later worked up Ethel Lina White's 'The Wheel Spins' into 'The Lady Vanishes' (1938) for Alfred Hitchcock and wrote the screenplay for 'Night Train to Munich' (1940). 'Seven Sinners' itself is based on a story by Arnold Ridley, remembered in old age as Private Godfrey in the UK sit-com 'Dad's Army', but who made his name as a playwright with 'The Wrecker/The Ghost…
