The Frog *** (1937, Gordon Harker, Noah Beery Sr, Jack Hawkins, Carol Goodner, Vivian Gaye) – Classic Movie Review 12,313

Noah Beery Sr, Gordon Harker and Jack Hawkins in The Frog (1939).

Director Jack Raymond’s 1937 British crime thriller film The Frog stars Gordon Harker, Noah Beery Sr, Jack Hawkins, Carol Goodner, and Vivian Gaye.

Edgar Wallace’s 1925 novel The Fellowship of the Frog makes a fun vintage movie crime thriller and gives good opportunities to Jack Hawkins as CID man Police Captain Richard Gordon and Gordon Harker as detective sergeant Elk, who lead the case against the undercover boss of a crime ring, The Fellowship of the Frog, which is devastating the nation.

CID man Richard Gordon (Hawkins) meets and fancies Stella Bennett (Vivian Gaye), whose family are members of The Fellowship.

The screenplay by Ian Hay and Gerald Elliott is based on Ian Hay’s play version of the novel.

The Frog was popular, so a sequel was needed: The Return of the Frog occurred in 1938.

Also in the cast are Richard Ainley, Esmé Percy, Felix Aylmer, Vivian Gaye, Cyril Smith, Gordon McLeod, Julien Mitchell, and Harold Franklyn.

It runs 75 minutes.

It was released in the UK on 23 March 1937 (London).

The cast are Gordon Harker as Sergeant Elk, Noah Beery Sr as Joshua Broad, Jack Hawkins as Police Captain Gordon, Carol Goodner as Lola Bassano, Richard Ainley as Ray Bennett, Vivian Gaye as Stella Bennett, Esme Percy as Philo Johnson, Felix Aylmer as John Bennett, Cyril Smith as PC Balder, Harold Franklyn as Hagen, Gordon McLeod as Chief Commissioner, Julien Mitchell as John Maitland, and Harold Franklyn.

The Frog is directed by Jack Raymond, runs 75 minutes, is made by Herbert Wilcox Productions (Imperator), is released by General Film Distributors, is written by Ian Hay and Gerald Elliott, based on Ian Hay’s play, is shot by Freddie Young, and is produced by Herbert Wilcox.

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