Checkmate (1935 film) explained

Checkmate is a 1935 Ariston Films Limited British crime film directed by George Pearson at Boreham Wood Studios and starring Maurice Evans, Felix Aylmer and Evelyn Foster.^[1] It was based on a novel by Amy Kennedy Gould.

Plot

A Scotland Yard detective hunts down jewel thieves in London, but becomes involved with the daughter of the gang's boss.

Cast

• Maurice Evans as Phillip Allen
• Felix Aylmer as Henry Nicholls
• Evelyn Foster as Mary Nicholls
• Sally Gray as Jean Nicholls
• Donald Wolfit as Jack Barton
• Wilfrid Caithness as Inspector Smith
• Percy Walsh as Mr. Curtail
• Ernest Jay as Huntly
• John Buckmaster as Mike Doyle

Notes and References

1. Web site: Checkmate (1936) . https://web.archive.org/web/20200624120555/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a77426b . dead . 24 June 2020 . . bfi.org.uk . 23 June 2020.