Smash and Grab

This article is about a British film. For the crime, see Smash and grab. For the 2013 documentary, see Smash & Grab.

Smash and Grab

Directed by	Tim Whelan
Produced by	Jack Buchanan
Written by	Ralph Spence (screenplay) Jack Buchanan (scenario) Tim Whelan (story)
Starring	Jack Buchanan Elsie Randolph
Music by	Van Phillips (uncredited)
Cinematography	Henry Harris
Edited by	Frederick Wilson
Production company	Jack Buchanan Productions
Distributed by	General Film Distributors
Release dates	20 September 1937 (1937-09-20) (London) (UK)
Running time	73 mins
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Smash and Grab is a 1937 British comedy crime film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Jack Buchanan, Elsie Randolph, Arthur Margetson and Anthony Holles.^[1] The film was released in the U.S. as Larceny Street. ^[2] It was followed by a sequel in 1939 The Gang's All Here with Buchanan reprising his role and Googie Withers starring as his wife.

Plot

Private detective John Forrest is hired by an insurance company to hunt down a criminal gang on a spree of smash and grab raids on London jewellers. Together with his wife Alice, he tracks the robbers to a barbershop that’s used for fencing the stolen gems.

Cast

Jack Buchanan – John Forrest
Elsie Randolph – Alice Thornby
Arthur Margetson – Malvern
Anthony Holles – Polino
Edmund Willard – Cappellano
Lawrence Grossmith – Rankin
Zoe Wynn – Carole
Edward Lexy – Inspector McInerney
Nigel Fitzgerald – Cosgrove
Laurence Hanray – Praskins
Sara Seegar – Miss Quincey
David Burns – Bellini

References

External links

Smash and Grab at the Internet Movie Database
Smash and Grab at Britmovie

Films directed by Tim Whelan

Adam's Apple (1928)
When Knights Were Bold (1929)
It's a Boy (1933)
Aunt Sally (1934)
The Camels are Coming (1934)
The Murder Man (1935)
The Perfect Gentleman (1935)
Two's Company (1936)
The Mill on the Floss (1937)
Farewell Again (1937)
Action for Slander (1937)
Smash and Grab (1937)
The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
Sidewalks of London (1938)
Q Planes (1939)
Ten Days in Paris (1940)
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
A Date with Destiny (1941)
International Lady (1941)
Twin Beds (1942)
Nightmare (1942)
Seven Days' Leave (1942)
Swing Fever (1943)
Higher and Higher (1943)
Step Lively (1944)
Badman's Territory (1946)
This Was a Woman (1948)
Rage at Dawn (1955)
Texas Lady (1955)

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