When London Sleeps


When London Sleeps is a 1932 British crime film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Harold French, Francis L. Sullivan, Diana Beaumont and René Ray. It was filmed at Twickenham Studios in west London. It was written by H. Fowler Mear and Bernard Merivale based on the play of the same title by Charles Darrell.

Premise

A well-born gambler comes to the rescue of a travelling circus in financial difficulties.

Cast

Kine Weekly wrote: "Harold French is good as Tommy and behaves as a hero should. Rene Ray is adequate as Mary; Francis L. Sullivan gives a clever performance as the unscrupulous Haines; while Alexander Field and Ben Field are responsible for two excellent character studies. Virtue triumphs over vice in this picture in the accepted manner, and the working out of the plot certainly leads to variety, if not to the unexpected. ... There are times when the action is on the slow side, but once the stage is set for the fire things warm up considerably, and the proceedings end on a hectic, thrilling and satisfying note."