High Treason
(1929) England
B&W : Eight reels / 8263 feet
Directed by Maurice Elvey
Cast: Jameson Thomas [Michael Deane], Benita Hume [Evelyn Seymour], Basil Gill [Stephen Deane, President of Europe], Humberston Wright [Doctor Seymour], Henry Vibart [Lord Sycamore], James Carew [Lord Rawleigh], Hayford Hobbs [Charles Falloway], Milton Rosmer [Ernest Stratton], Judd Green [James Groves], Alf Goddard [the tele-radiographer], Irene Rooke [the senator], Clifford Heatherley [the delegate], Wally Patch [the commissionaire], Renee Ray (René Ray), Raymond Massey [a cabinet member], John Singer [a boy], Kiyoshi Takase
Gaumont British Picture Corporation production; distributed by Gaumont British Picture Corporation. / Screenplay by L’Estrange Fawcett, from a play by Noel Pemberton-Billing. Production management by L’Estrange Fawcett. Art direction by Andrew L. Mazzell. Costume design by Gordon Conway. Music score by Louis Levy and Q. MacLean (Quentin MacLean). Assistant director, Fred V. Merrick + [David Lean]. Musical direction by Louis Levy. Photographed (cinematography) by Percy Strong. Second assistant cameraman, Alan Lawson. Sound engineer, S.A. Jolly (Stan Jolly). Special effects by Phillippo Guidobaldi. / Premiered 20 September 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Gaumont synchronized sound system. / Gaumont British’s first sound film. The film was released in the USA by Tiffany Productions, Incorporated [A Tiffany-Gaumont Production], in 1929. The film was released in Japan on 9 January 1930. The film was released in Finland on 8 September 1930. / Full-sound film.
Drama: Fantasy.
Survival status: Print exists [USA release version].
Current rights holder: (unknown) [United Kingdom]; Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 27 August 2022.
References: Film credits : Marrero-Vintage p. 4; Perry-British p. 315 : ClasIm-279 p. 23 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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