Checkmate
Checkmate

Checkmate (1935)

4.8 ? Sep 26, 1935 1h 7m

Overview

A fence for a gang of jewel thieves comes under suspicion from the police.

Genres

Crime

Release Date

September 26, 1935

Rating

4.8 /10

Runtime

1h 7m

Felix Aylmer

Felix Aylmer

Henry Nicholls

Evelyn Foster

Mary Nicholls

Maurice Evans

Maurice Evans

Phillip Allen

Sally Gray

Sally Gray

Jean Nicholls

Donald Wolfit

Donald Wolfit

Jack Barton

Wilfrid Caithness

Inspector Smith

Percy Walsh

Mr. Curtail

Ernest Jay

Huntly

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CinemaSerf

5.0/10

Jun 19, 2022

Much better than the average crime caper, this one, and it is odd - and refreshing - to see Donald Wolfit out of his more theatrical guise. An undercover policeman takes up lodgings with a family suspected of involvement in series of jewellery heists. The father "Henry" (Felix Aylmer) is immediately suspicious as he ingratiates himself with one of his daughters and we play a cat-and-mouse game as it appears almost everyone is implicated. It's short and sweet with good performances holding it together.

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