A somewhat schoolboy adventure script is enlivened by the quirky character played by Henry Kendall (one of ten features he appeared in that year; Rich and Strange was his Hitchcock in 1931), who talks like a thesaurus, sparking off cute Ida Lupino, with John Mills in early support. Vorhaus - in his first feature - sets up some interesting stuff such as subjective camera, and shots which allow David Lean to edit briskly (one character walking into camera becomes another walking out).
IMDB credits the American Ernest Palmer (Blood and Sand) as the cinematographer, but double-checking with the Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers confirms that it was the English one (who made the Ghosts of Berkeley Square).
Victor Stanley provides broad comic relief, Felix Aylmer is the judge, George Merritt the 'detective' (also in Young and Innocent and A Canterbury Tale).
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