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D’Ye Ken John Peel?

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Major John Peel returns to England, following Napoleon's Waterloo defeat, and renews his acquaintance with Lucy Merrall, but she tells him she is engaged to be married. He later learns that, Cravens, the man she is to marry already has a wife. He also learns that Craven cleaned out Lucy's father in a crooked gambling game, and Lucy is paying the price to hold the family home together.

Status: Released

Released Date: 1935-07-22

Runtime: 81 mins

Director: Henry Edwards

Spoken language: English

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Romance

Original title: D’Ye Ken John Peel?

Production Companies: Julius Hagen Productions

Production Countries: United Kingdom

Cast

Major John Peel

John Garrick

Lucy Merrall

Winifred Shotter

Sam Small

Stanley Holloway

Captain Moonlight / Captain Freeman

John Stuart

Sir Charles Hawksley / Mr. Craven

Leslie Perrins

Mary Lawson

Charles Carson

Wilfrid Caithness

Morris Harvey

Gabrielle Casartelli

Charles Eaton

Ogleby

O.B. Clarence

Reviews

Geronimo1967

Right from the start, we realise that "Sir Charles Hawksley - aka "Craven"" (Leslie Perrins) is a bit of a bounder. Now that the Napoleonic wars are all but over, he is intent on returning home leaving "Toinette" (Mary Lawson) in the lurch. Luckily for her, gallant "Maj. Peel" (John Garrick) is on hand to rectify matters. Back in Britain with the war now ended, we discover that our protagonist is at it again - this time forcing the rather incompetent gambler "Merrall" (Charles Carson) to the brink of homelessness and bankruptcy. His price? Well he gets to marry his daughter "Lucy" (Winifred Shotter). Reluctantly, she agrees - but a chance encounter with the reputable "Peel" - who's has the odd scrape himself since returning - might just offer her a way out! It's a competently strung together tale of honour and chivalry that I felt needed just one thing - Tod Slaughter. He in the role of the deceitful, manipulative, baddie would have done the trick for me. Otherwise, this is all a rather weakly cast costume drama with the odd bit of action and one or two rather lengthy, though quite amusing, songs/monologues from the actual star of the thing - Stanley Holloway. I like the genre so it's my kind of film and I did quite enjoy it, it's just something that could have been a bit less wordy and a bit more lively.

2023-05-25

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