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Ask Beccles is a film of genre Comedy with Garry Marsh
Ask Beccles (1933)
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Ask Beccles is a 1933 British comedy crime film directed by Redd Davis and starring Garry Marsh, Lilian Oldland, Abraham Sofaer and John Turnbull. The film was based on a play by Cyril Campion.
Synopsis
A man steals a priceless diamond, but returns it when an innocent man is arrested for the theft.Actors
Garry Marsh
(Eustace Beccles)
Lilian Oldland
(Marion Holforth)
Abraham Sofaer
(Baki)
Allan Jeayes
(Matthew Blaise)
John Turnbull
(Inspector Daniels)
Evan Thomas
(Sir Frederick Boyne)
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