Crime Unlimited (1935) is a British film made by Warner Brothers at their Teddington studios,.
Rather flatly directed by Hollywood's Ralph Ince (if he'd shown me just one more close-up of Esmond Knight mouthing his dreary lines, I would certainly have clicked the exit button) from a neat screenplay by Brock Williams and Ralph Smart, based on a novel by David Hume that was obviously inspired by Fritz Lang's infamous Doctor Mabuse, the movie fortunately has at least three other points of great interest that will appeal to the majority of 1930's oriented film buffs.
Basil Emmott's noirish photography, for instance, helps to keep viewers on track, but the movie's number one best asset is the lovely, charismatic Lilli Palmer, here making her official movie debut (she had a bit part in a 1933 French production). Here she plays "Natasha".
Raymond Lovell is also to be top-rated. Here he is cast as a gangster, named "Delaney".
Rather flatly directed by Hollywood's Ralph Ince (if he'd shown me just one more close-up of Esmond Knight mouthing his dreary lines, I would certainly have clicked the exit button) from a neat screenplay by Brock Williams and Ralph Smart, based on a novel by David Hume that was obviously inspired by Fritz Lang's infamous Doctor Mabuse, the movie fortunately has at least three other points of great interest that will appeal to the majority of 1930's oriented film buffs.
Basil Emmott's noirish photography, for instance, helps to keep viewers on track, but the movie's number one best asset is the lovely, charismatic Lilli Palmer, here making her official movie debut (she had a bit part in a 1933 French production). Here she plays "Natasha".
Raymond Lovell is also to be top-rated. Here he is cast as a gangster, named "Delaney".