The Narrow Corner is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Patricia Ellis and Ralph Bellamy. It is an adaptation of Somerset Maugham's 1932 novel The Narrow Corner.[1] It was remade in 1936 as Isle of Fury.
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| Directed by | Alfred E. Green |
| Written by | W. Somerset Maugham (novel) Robert Presnell |
| Produced by | Hal B. Wallis |
| Starring | Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Patricia Ellis Ralph Bellamy |
| Cinematography | Tony Gaudio |
| Edited by | Herbert I. Leeds |
| Music by | Bernhard Kaun |
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| Distributed by | Warner Brothers |
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Running time | 69 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert M. Haas.
Plot edit
A fugitive Englishman, wanted for murder, ends up in the Dutch East Indies.
Cast edit
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Fred Blake
- Patricia Ellis as Louise Frith
- Ralph Bellamy as Eric Whittenson
- Dudley Digges as Doctor Saunders
- Arthur Hohl as Captain Nichols
- Reginald Owen as Mr. Frith
- Henry Kolker as Mr. Blake, Fred's Father
- William V. Mong as Jack Swan
- Willie Fung as Ah Kay, Saunder's Servant
- Sidney Toler as Ryan, the Go-Between
References edit
- ^ Rogal p.190
Bibliography edit
- Samuel J. Rogal. A William Somerset Maugham Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing, 1997.
External links edit
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