Too Many Crooks (1930 film) explained

Too Many Crooks is a 1930 British comedy crime film directed by George King and starring Laurence Olivier, Dorothy Boyd and Arthur Stratton.^[1]

It was shot at Twickenham Studios as a quota quickie for distribution by Fox Film.^[2] The film is currently missing from the BFI National Archive, and is listed as one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films.^[3]

Premise

A man tries to burgle his own safe on the same night that a professional criminal attempts it.^[4]

Cast

• Laurence Olivier as The Boy
• Dorothy Boyd as The Girl
• A. Bromley Davenport as The Man Upstairs
• Mina Burnett as The Maid Downstairs
• Arthur Stratton as The Burglar
• Ellen Pollock as The Other Girl

References

1. Web site: Too Many Crooks. IMDb.
2. Chibnall p.262
3. http://www.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/news/mostwanted/t00-many-crooks.html Too Many Crooks - 75 Most Wanted
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20090114012356/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/54811 BFI.org

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.