The Rat (1937 film)

The Rat

Directed by	Jack Raymond
Produced by	Herbert Wilcox
Written by	Hans Rameau (as Hans Gulder Rameau) Romney Brent Marjorie Gaffney Miles Malleson (dialogue)
Based on	the play by Ivor Novello & Constance Collier
Starring	Ruth Chatterton Anton Walbrook
Music by	Anthony Collins
Cinematography	Freddie Young (as F.A. Young)
Edited by	Peggy Hennessey
Production company	Herbert Wilcox Productions
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures (UK)
Release dates	10 November 1937 (London) (UK)
Running time	72 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Rat is a 1937 British drama film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Anton Walbrook, Ruth Chatterton, and René Ray.^[1] It is based on the play The Rat by Ivor Novello which had previously been made into a 1925 film The Rat starring Novello.^[2] It was made at Denham Studios by Herbert Wilcox Productions.

Plot

Infamous Parisian jewel thief Jean Boucheron, known as 'the Rat', attracts the fancy of socialite Zelia de Chaumont, mistress of a South American millionaire. She intends to reform 'the Rat', but he's only interested in relieving her of her pearls.

Cast

Anton Walbrook as Jean Boucheron, 'the Rat'
Ruth Chatterton as Zelia de Chaumont
René Ray as Odile Verdier
Beatrix Lehmann as Marguerite
Mary Clare as Mere Colline
Felix Aylmer as Prosecuting Counsel
Hugh Miller as Luis Stets
Gordon McLeod as Caillard
Frederick Culley as Judge
Nadine March as Rose
George Merritt Pierre Verdier
Leo Genn as Defending Counsel
Fanny Wright as Therese
Bob Gregory as Albert
Ivan Wilmot as Peter
J.H. Roberts as Butler
Betty Marsden as Zelia's Maid
Aubrey Mallalieu as The Jeweller

References

↑ "The Rat (1937)". BFI.
↑ "The Rat (1925) - Graham Cutts - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.

External links

The Rat at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Jack Raymond

A Woman Misunderstood (1921)
Somehow Good (1927)
Second to None (1927)
Zero (1928)
A Peep Behind the Scenes (1929)
Splinters (1929)
French Leave (1930)
The Great Game (1930)
Up for the Cup (1931)
The Speckled Band (1931)
Tilly of Bloomsbury (1931)
Almost a Divorce (1931)
Mischief (1931)
Life Goes On (1932)
Say It with Music (1932)
Up to the Neck (1933)
Night of the Garter (1933)
Just My Luck (1933)
It's a King (1933)
Sorrell and Son (1934)
The King of Paris (1934)
Girls, Please! (1934)
Where's George? (1935)
Come Out of the Pantry (1935)
When Knights Were Bold (1936)
The Frog (1937)
The Rat (1937)
Blondes for Danger (1938)
No Parking (1938)
A Royal Divorce (1938)
The Mind of Mr. Reeder (1939)
The Missing People (1940)
You Will Remember (1941)
Up for the Cup (1950)
Take Me to Paris (1951)
Reluctant Heroes (1951)
Worm's Eye View (1951)
Little Big Shot (1952)

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