The Missing People (1939)
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Long after the company went out of business in the US, Grand National Pictures thrived in England, turning out such bread-and-butter features as The Missing People. Scottish comedian Will Fyffe once again plays Mr. Reeder, the seemingly bucolic Scotland Yard detective who's a lot shrewder than he appears. In this one, Mr. Reeder tackles the case of 27 missing persons, all of whom had been receiving remittance checks from their wealthy families. With beefy, bushy-eyebrowed Lyn Harding in the cast, it doesn't take a Sherlock Holmes to figure out who's behind the disappearances. Future star Patricia Roc has a key supporting role in this easygoing who- and why-dunit. The Missing People was based on a story by Edgar Wallace, who despite the fact that he died in 1932 was well represented on the British screen for the next four decades. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Will Fyffe - J.G. Reeder
- Lyn Harding - Joseph Branstone
- Patricia Roc - Doris Bevan
- Reginald Purdell - Harry Morgan
- O.B. Clarence
- Lawrence Hanray
- Kay Walsh - Peggy Gillette
- Ronald Shiner - Sam Hackett
- Anthony Holles - Ernest Branstone
- Ronald Adam - Surtees
- Maire O'Neill - Housekeeper
- Director(s):
- Jack Raymond
- Writer(s):
- Lydia Hayward
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