Emil and the Detectives (1935 film)

Emil and the Detectives
Directed by	Milton Rosmer
Written by	Erich Kästner (novel) Cyrus Brooks Margaret Carter Frank Launder Billy Wilder
Produced by	Richard Wainwright
Starring	John Williams George Hayes Mary Glynne
Cinematography	Mutz Greenbaum George Stretton
Edited by	Cyril Heck
Music by	Allan Gray
Production company	Richard Wainwright Productions
Distributed by	Gaumont British Distributors
Release date	5 February 1935 (1935-02-05)
Running time	71 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Emil and the Detectives is a 1935 British family adventure film directed by Milton Rosmer and starring John Williams, George Hayes and Mary Glynne.

It is a remake of the 1931 German film Emil and the Detectives with the main setting moved from Berlin to London. Otherwise it follows the original very closely, largely using Billy Wilder's screenplay, the music by Allan Gray, even recreating many of the same camera shots. It was made at Shepperton Studios.

Plot

While on a train from his home in the countryside to stay with his grandfather in London, a boy named Emil suspects that he has been robbed of his money by a suspicious-looking man in the same carriage wearing a bowler hat. In London, with the help of a gang of street children, he pursues the suspect until he is eventually able to recover the money.

Cast

• John Williams as Emil Blake
• George Hayes as The Man In The Bowler Hat - Sam Pinker
• Mary Glynne as Mrs. Blake
• Clare Greet as Grandma
• George Merritt as PC
• Marion Foster as Polly
• Donald Pittman as Gussy
• Robert Rietti as Professor
• John Singer as Tuesday
• Derek Blomfield as Jerry
• Norman Atkyns as Man
• Ricky Hyland as The Flying Stag

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• Emil and the Detectives at IMDb