Ticket of Leave (film)

Ticket of Leave
Directed byMichael Hankinson
Written byMargaret McDonnell
Vera Allinson
Michael Hankinson
Produced byAnthony Havelock-Allan
StarringDorothy Boyd
John Clements
George Merritt
Wally Patch
CinematographyFrancis Carver
Production
company
Distributed byParamount British Pictures
Release date
  • January 1936 (1936-01)
Running time
69 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Ticket of Leave is a 1936 British crime film directed by Michael Hankinson and starring Dorothy Boyd, John Clements and George Merritt. It was made as a quota quickie at British and Dominions Elstree Studios by the British subsidiary of Paramount Pictures.[1] The screenplay concerns a woman who joins forces with a criminal after he robs her flat.[2] The title refers to the ticket of leave given to prisoners when they were released from jail.

  1. ^ Wood p.88
  2. ^ Chibnall p.286