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The Clue of the New Pin is a British film of genre Thriller directed by Arthur Maude with Benita Hume

The Clue of the New Pin (1929)

The Clue of the New Pin
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Length 1h21
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Genres Thriller,    Crime
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The Clue of the New Pin is a 1929 British crime film directed by Arthur Maude and starring Benita Hume, Kim Peacock, and Donald Calthrop. It was made at Beaconsfield Studios.

The film was one of only 10 filmed in British Phototone, a sound-on-disc system which used 12-inch discs. All of the other nine films made in this process were short films. In March 1929, this film and The Crimson Circle, filmed in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film system, were 'trade-shown' to cinema exhibitors.

This film is an adaptation of the 1923 novel The Clue of the New Pin by Edgar Wallace. It was later remade in 1961.

Synopsis

A wealthy recluse is murdered in an absolutely sealed room.

Actors

Benita Hume

(Ursula Ardfern)Kim Peacock

(Tab Holland)Donald Calthrop

(Yeh Ling)John Gielgud

(Rex Trasmere)Johnny Butt

(Wellington Briggs)Colin Kenny

(Insp. Carver)
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