The Peterville Diamond

The Peterville Diamond
Spanish poster
Directed byWalter Forde
Written by
Based onJewel Robbery
1931 play
by Ladislas Fodor[1]
Produced byMax Milner
Starring
CinematographyBasil Emmott
Edited byTerence Fisher
Music byJack Beaver
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • 11 January 1943 (1943-01-11) (UK)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£62,076[2]
Box office£27,740[2]

The Peterville Diamond is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Anne Crawford, Donald Stewart and Renée Houston.[3] It is also known by the alternative title Jewel Robbery.[4] - from the 1931 play of the same title; previously filmed in Hollywood in 1932.[5]

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  3. ^ "The Peterville Diamond (1942) - Walter Forde - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
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  5. ^ Conley, Timothy K. (4 January 2016). Screening Vienna: The City of Dreams in English-Language Cinema and Television. Cambria Press. ISBN 9781621967163 – via Google Books.