The Big Splash

The Big Splash
Directed by	Leslie S. Hiscott
Produced by	Herbert Smith
Written by	Michael Barringer
Starring	Frank Pettingell Finlay Currie Marguerite Allan
Production company	British Lion
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates	1935
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Big Splash is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Frank Pettingell, Finlay Currie and Marguerite Allan. A millionaire hires a man to play his double.^[1] It was made as a quota quickie at Beaconsfield Studios.^[2]

Cast

Frank Pettingell as Bodkin
Finlay Currie as Hartley Bassett
Marguerite Allan as Germaine
Drusilla Wills as Mrs Bodkin
Roy Royston as Jack Trent
Ben Welden as Crook
Percy Parsons as Crook

References

↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/528760
↑ Wood p.81

Bibliography

Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

The Big Splash at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Leslie S. Hiscott

Feature Films The Marriage Business (1927) S.O.S. (1928) The Passing of Mr. Quin (1928) Ringing the Changes (1929) The Feather (1929) Call of the Sea (1930) The House of the Arrow (1930) At the Villa Rose (1930) The Sleeping Cardinal (1931) Brown Sugar (1931) Alibi (1931) Black Coffee (1931) Night in Montmartre (1931) When London Sleeps (1932) A Tight Corner (1932) A Safe Proposition (1932) Once Bitten (1932) Murder at Covent Garden (1932) The Missing Rembrandt (1932) The Crooked Lady (1932) Double Dealing (1932) The Face at the Window (1932) That's My Wife (1933) Strike It Rich (1933) The Stolen Necklace (1933) Out of the Past (1933) Marooned (1933) The Iron Stair (1933) I'll Stick to You (1933) His Grace Gives Notice (1933) Yes, Madam (1933) The Melody-Maker (1933) Cleaning Up (1933) The Stickpin (1933) Great Stuff (1933) Keep It Quiet (1934) Passing Shadows (1934) Flat Number Three (1934) The Man I Want (1934) Gay Love (1934) Crazy People (1934) She Shall Have Music (1935) A Fire Has Been Arranged (1935) The Big Splash (1935) The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) Annie, Leave the Room! (1935) Three Witnesses (1935) Inside the Room (1935) Death on the Set (1935) Department Store (1935) The Interrupted Honeymoon (1936) Fame (1936) Millions (1937) Fine Feathers (1937) Ship's Concert (1937) Tilly of Bloomsbury (1940) The Seventh Survivor (1941) Sabotage at Sea (1942) Lady from Lisbon (1942) The Butler's Dilemma (1943) Welcome, Mr. Washington (1944) The Time of His Life (1955) Tons of Trouble (1956)

Short Films Raising the Wind (1925) A Friend of Cupid (1925) A Fowl Proceeding (1925) Cats (1925) Billets (1925)

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