| The Ringer | |
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| Directed by | Walter Forde |
| Written by | Sidney Gilliat Angus MacPhail Robert Stevenson |
| Based on | The Gaunt Stranger by Edgar Wallace |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon |
| Starring | Patric Curwen Esmond Knight John Longden Carol Goodner |
| Cinematography | Alex Bryce |
| Edited by | Ian Dalrymple |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Ideal Films |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Ringer is a 1931 British crime film directed by Walter Forde and starring Patric Curwen, Esmond Knight, John Longden and Carol Goodner. Scotland Yard detectives hunt for a dangerous criminal who has recently returned to England.[1] The film was based on the 1925 Edgar Wallace story The Gaunt Stranger, which is the basis for his play The Ringer.[2] Forde remade the same story in 1938 as The Gaunt Stranger. There was also a silent film of The Ringer in 1928, and a 1952 version starring Donald Wolfit.[3]
It was made at Beaconsfield Studios in Buckinghamshire by Gainsborough Pictures in a co-production with British Lion Films.[4] The film's sets were designed by the art director Norman G. Arnold. The author's son Bryan Edgar Wallace acted as a production manager.
- ^ "The Ringer". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009.
- ^ "Past Masters: EDGAR WALLACE".
- ^ "Network ON AIR > Edgar Wallace Presents: The Ringer". Archived from the original on 7 October 2015.
- ^ Wood p.73