The Ace of Spades
1935 | 66m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | George Pearson |
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| Writer: | John Crawford Fraser, Gerard Fairlie |
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| The wife of a candidate for Parliament is having an affair with the brother of her husband's rival. Her lover is running for election on a promise of building a railway that the community needs, but a wealthy landowner won't give permission for the railway to be built over his land. When the landowner is later found dead, suspicion falls on the adulterous candidate. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 09, 1935 |
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| Director: | George Pearson |
| Writer: | John Crawford Fraser, Gerard Fairlie |
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| Production Companies | Real Art Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Michael Hogan | Nick Trent |
| Dorothy Boyd | Nita Daventry |
| Richard Cooper | Tony |
| Michael Shepley | George Despard |
| Geraldine Fitzgerald | Evelyn Daventry |
| Sebastian Shaw | Trent |
| Felix Aylmer | Lord Yardleigh |
| Bobbie Comber | Andrews |
| Jane Carr | Cleo Despard |
| Robert Horton | Peter Daventry |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| George Pearson | Director |
| John Crawford Fraser | Writer |
| Gerard Fairlie | Adaptation |
| Michael C. Chorlton | Editor |
| James A. Carter | Art Direction |
| Fred V. Merrick | Assistant Director |
| Eric Clennell | Sound Recordist |
| W.L. Trytel | Music Director |
| Julius Hagen | Presenter |
| Ernest Palmer | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Julius Hagen | Producer |
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Trending Position
An almost theatrical presentation of an intrigue of adultery, blackmail and murder. A prospective MP (Michael Hogan) promises his electorate a new railway line without banking on the refusal the local landowner (Felix Aylmer) to make the land available. When he is promptly found dead, accusations an ... d suspicions abound (though by this stage the audience knows how he died!). It's quite a fun little story poking fun at the "kissing baby" campaigning style of parliamentarians. No, the script isn't wonderful, but it's an engaging hour from George Pearson and a workmanlike cast.