Leslie Perrins

Judy Gunn

Russell Thorndike

Michael Hogan

Ivor Barnard

Eliot Makeham

George Zucco

Leo Britt

D.J. Williams

Hector Abbas

Cyril Smith

Barbara Everest

Lister Laurance

Sydney Blythe

Fred V. Merrick

William Luff

Carlisle Mounteney

James A. Carter

W.L. Trytel

George A. Cooper

Mystery

Crime

The Roof

Real Art Productions

United Kingdom

CinemaSerf

I was quite pleasantly surprised by this simple little crime caper. It's all centred around the investigations of "Insp. Darrow" (Leslie Perrins) who has to look into the death of a wealthy man with no shortage of suspects. To add to the intrigue, there are two timelines with the Great War in the middle, and what appears to be a dwindling collection of precious jewels left in trust for the man's son, as the search for the truth hots up. It cannot have had much of a budget, nor a timeframe for shooting - and at times the style of presentation is distinctly static, but it doesn't hang around for just shy of an hour and as an early-ish example of a British talkie is actually quite watchable.

English