Plunder (1931 film)

Plunder
Directed by	Tom Walls
Written by	W. P. Lipscomb Ben Travers (play)
Produced by	Herbert Wilcox
Starring	Tom Walls Ralph Lynn Winifred Shotter Robertson Hare
Cinematography	Freddie Young
Edited by	W. Duncan Mansfield
Music by	Leo Kahn
Production company	British and Dominions
Distributed by	Woolf and Freedman
Release date	7 September 1931 (1931-09-07)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Plunder is a 1931 British comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls. It also features Ralph Lynn, Winifred Shotter and Robertson Hare. It was based on the original stage farce of the same title, and was the second in a series of film adaptations of Aldwych farces by Ben Travers, adapted in this case by W. P. Lipscomb, and was a major critical and commercial success helping to cement Walls's position as one of the leading stars of British cinema.

It was made at British and Dominion's Elstree Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lawrence P. Williams.

Cast

• Ralph Lynn as Darcy Tuck
• Tom Walls as Freddie Malone
• Winifred Shotter as Joan Hewlett
• Robertson Hare as Oswald Veal
• Doreen Bendix as Prudence Malone
• Gordon James as Simon Veal
• Ethel Coleridge as Mrs Orlock
• Hubert Waring as Inspector Sibley
• Mary Brough as Mrs Hewlett

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• McFarlane, Brian. Cinema of Britain and Ireland. Wallflower Press, 2005.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• Plunder at IMDb