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1936 British film

Twelve Good Men
Directed by	Ralph Ince
Written by	Sidney Gilliat Frank Launder
Based on	The Murders in Praed Street by John Rhode
Produced by	Jerome Jackson
Starring	Henry Kendall Nancy O'Neil Joyce Kennedy
Cinematography	Basil Emmott
Production company	Warner Brothers
Distributed by	Warner Brothers
Release date	March 1936 (1936-03)
Running time	64 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Twelve Good Men was a 1936 British crime film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Henry Kendall, Nancy O'Neil and Joyce Kennedy. It was made at Teddington Studios by Warner Brothers as a quota quickie. It is based on the 1928 detective thriller The Murders in Praed Street by John Rhode, with the principal series character of the book Doctor Priestley eliminated for the film.

The film is believed to be lost.

Cast

Henry Kendall as Charles Drew
Nancy O'Neil as Ann
Joyce Kennedy as Lady Thora
Percy Parsons as Hopwood
Morland Graham as Victor Day
Bernard Miles as Inspector Pine
Philip Ray as Higgs
Frederick Burtwell as Fortheringay
Roddy Hughes
Sam Springson
George Hughes
Madge White
Grace Lane
Ralph Roberts

References

^ Everson.
Wood p. 93
Chibnall p. 292
Eyles and Meeker, p. 67.

Bibliography

Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
Everson, W. K. (1992). Missing, believed lost. Films in Review, 43(11/12), 400.
Eyles, Allen and David Meeker, eds. Missing Believed Lost: The Great British Film Search. (1992). United Kingdom: BFI Publishing.
Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

Twelve Good Men at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Ralph Ince
Mills of the Gods (1912) A Million Bid (1914) The Conflict (1916) The Combat (1916) The Co-Respondent (1917) To-Day (1917) Our Mrs. McChesney (1918) The Eleventh Commandment (1918) The Panther Woman (1918) Sealed Hearts (1919) The Perfect Lover (1919) Red Foam (1920) Out of the Snows (1920) His Wife's Money (1920) After Midnight (1921) Remorseless Love (1921) The Highest Law (1921) A Man's Home (1921) Tropical Love (1921) Wet Gold (1921) Channing of the Northwest (1922) A Wide Open Town (1922) Reckless Youth (1922) Counterfeit Love (1923) Homeward Bound (1923) Success (1923) Dynamite Smith (1924) The House of Youth (1924) The Chorus Lady (1924) The Moral Sinner (1924) The Uninvited Guest (1924) Playing with Souls (1925) Alias Mary Flynn (1925) Smooth as Satin (1925) Lady Robinhood (1925) Bigger Than Barnum's (1926) The Sea Wolf (1926) Breed of the Sea (1926) The Lone Wolf Returns (1926) The Better Way (1926) Home Struck (1927) Shanghaied (1927) Not for Publication (1927) Enemies of Society (1927) South Sea Love (1927) Wandering Girls (1927) Danger Street (1928) Chicago After Midnight (1928) Coney Island (1928) The Wreck of the Singapore (1928) Hit of the Show (1928) A Real Girl (1929) Hurricane (1929) Men of America (1932) Flaming Gold (1933) Lucky Devils (1933) No Escape (1934) A Glimpse of Paradise (1934) What's in a Name? (1934) The Black Mask (1935) Mr. What's-His-Name? (1935) Blue Smoke (1935) Rolling Home (1935) Murder at Monte Carlo (1935) Crime Unlimited (1935) It's You I Want (1936) Twelve Good Men (1936) Jury's Evidence (1936) Gaol Break (1936) Hail and Farewell (1936) Fair Exchange (1936) The Vulture (1937) The Perfect Crime (1937) It's Not Cricket (1937) The Man Who Made Diamonds (1937) Side Street Angel (1937)

Films directed by Ralph Ince

Mills of the Gods (1912)
A Million Bid (1914)
The Conflict (1916)
The Combat (1916)
The Co-Respondent (1917)
To-Day (1917)
Our Mrs. McChesney (1918)
The Eleventh Commandment (1918)
The Panther Woman (1918)
Sealed Hearts (1919)
The Perfect Lover (1919)
Red Foam (1920)
Out of the Snows (1920)
His Wife's Money (1920)
After Midnight (1921)
Remorseless Love (1921)
The Highest Law (1921)
A Man's Home (1921)
Tropical Love (1921)
Wet Gold (1921)
Channing of the Northwest (1922)
A Wide Open Town (1922)
Reckless Youth (1922)
Counterfeit Love (1923)
Homeward Bound (1923)
Success (1923)
Dynamite Smith (1924)
The House of Youth (1924)
The Chorus Lady (1924)
The Moral Sinner (1924)
The Uninvited Guest (1924)
Playing with Souls (1925)
Alias Mary Flynn (1925)
Smooth as Satin (1925)
Lady Robinhood (1925)
Bigger Than Barnum's (1926)
The Sea Wolf (1926)
Breed of the Sea (1926)
The Lone Wolf Returns (1926)
The Better Way (1926)
Home Struck (1927)
Shanghaied (1927)
Not for Publication (1927)
Enemies of Society (1927)
South Sea Love (1927)
Wandering Girls (1927)
Danger Street (1928)
Chicago After Midnight (1928)
Coney Island (1928)
The Wreck of the Singapore (1928)
Hit of the Show (1928)
A Real Girl (1929)
Hurricane (1929)
Men of America (1932)
Flaming Gold (1933)
Lucky Devils (1933)
No Escape (1934)
A Glimpse of Paradise (1934)
What's in a Name? (1934)
The Black Mask (1935)
Mr. What's-His-Name? (1935)
Blue Smoke (1935)
Rolling Home (1935)
Murder at Monte Carlo (1935)
Crime Unlimited (1935)
It's You I Want (1936)
Twelve Good Men (1936)
Jury's Evidence (1936)
Gaol Break (1936)
Hail and Farewell (1936)
Fair Exchange (1936)
The Vulture (1937)
The Perfect Crime (1937)
It's Not Cricket (1937)
The Man Who Made Diamonds (1937)
Side Street Angel (1937)

Films of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat

Gilliat only

Writer only

Director

Waterloo Road (1945)

Launder only

Writer only

Under the Greenwood Tree (1929)
Children of Chance (1930)
The W Plan (1930)
The Middle Watch (1930)
How He Lied to Her Husband (1931 short)
Hobson's Choice (1931)
Keepers of Youth (1931)
The Woman Between (1931)
Children of Fortune (1931)
After Office Hours (1932)
Josser in the Army (1932)
Old Spanish Customers (1933)
You Made Me Love You (1933)
For the Love of Mike (1932)
Hawley's of High Street (1933)
A Southern Maid (1933)
Those Were the Days (1933)
Happy (1933)
Get Off My Foot (1935)
Rolling Home (1935)
The Black Mask (1935)
Emil and the Detectives (1935)
So You Won't Talk (1935)
Mr. What's-His-Name? (1935)
I Give My Heart (1935)
Educated Evans (1936)
Where's Sally? (1936)
Don't Get Me Wrong (1937)
Oh, Mr Porter! (1937)
A Girl Must Live (1939)
Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It (1941)
We Dive at Dawn (1943)
Ring of Spies (1964)

Director

Together

Writers only	Facing the Music (1933) Twelve Good Men (1936) Seven Sinners (1936) The Lady Vanishes (1938) Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939) They Came by Night (1940) Night Train to Munich (1940) The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) The Green Man (1956)
Directed together	Partners in Crime (1942 short) Millions Like Us (1943) The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966)
Directed by Gilliat	The Rake's Progress (1945) Green for Danger (1946) London Belongs to Me (1948) State Secret (1950) The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953) The Constant Husband (1955) Fortune Is a Woman (1956) Left Right and Centre (1959) Only Two Can Play (1962) Endless Night (1972)
Directed by Launder	I See a Dark Stranger (1946) Captain Boycott (1947) The Blue Lagoon (1949) The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951) Folly to Be Wise (1952) The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954) Geordie (1955) Blue Murder at St Trinian's (1957) The Bridal Path (1959) The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960) Joey Boy (1965)
Producers only	The Smallest Show on Earth (1957) Ooh… You Are Awful (1972)

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