Second Thoughts (1938 film) explained

Second Thoughts, also released as The Crime of Peter Frame,^[1] is a 1938 British drama film directed by Albert Parker and starring Frank Fox, Evelyn Ankers, Frank Allenby and Joan Hickson.^[2] It was made at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie by the British subsidiary of 20th Century Fox.^[3]

Synopsis

The screenplay concerns a chemist who is left unhinged following a laboratory explosion and begins to plot a murder.

Cast

• Frank Fox as Tony Gordon
• Evelyn Ankers as Molly Frame
• Frank Allenby as Peter Frame
• A. Bromley Davenport as George Gaunt
• Marjorie Fielding as Mrs Gaunt
• Joan Hickson as Ellen
• Bill Shine as Minor Role

Critical reception

TV Guide called it an "Undistinguished second feature in spite of all the spent rage."^[4]

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Crime of Peter Frame (1938) - Albert Parker - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie.
2. Web site: Second Thoughts. https://web.archive.org/web/20090114114627/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/49843. dead. 14 January 2009. BFI. 19 February 2015.
3. Chibnall p.300
4. Web site: The Crime Of Peter Frame.