Seven Sinners
1936 | 67m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Albert de Courville |
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| Writer: | Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat, Bernard Merivale, L. du Garde Peach, Arnold Ridley |
| Staring: |
| Ed Harwood, a wisecracking private investigator from New York, discovers a crime at an hotel in Nice during a carnival. The unraveling of the mystery which lies behind will lead him and Caryl Fenton, a female insurance agent, who will become his companion, first to Paris, then to London, later through the English countryside and finally to Southampton, in search of a criminal train wrecker. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 01, 1936 |
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| Director: | Albert de Courville |
| Writer: | Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat, Bernard Merivale, L. du Garde Peach, Arnold Ridley |
| Genres: | Crime, Thriller |
| Keywords | london, england, private investigator, sabotage, insurance agent, train wreck, disappeared corpse, nice france |
| Production Companies | Gaumont-British Picture Corporation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: May 08, 2024 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Edmund Lowe | Harwood |
| Constance Cummings | Caryl Fenton |
| Thomy Bourdelle | Paul Turbé |
| Henry Oscar | Axel Hoyt |
| Felix Aylmer | Sir Charles Webber |
| O.B. Clarence | Registrar |
| Mark Lester | Chief Constable |
| Allan Jeayes | Wagner |
| Anthony Holles | Reception Clerk |
| David Horne | Hotel Manager |
| Edwin Laurence | Guildhall Guide |
| James Harcourt | Vicar |
| Margaret Davidge | Housekeeper (Uncredited) |
| Patrick Ludlow | Pilgrims of Peace Poet (Uncredited) |
| Phyllis Morris | Irate Bridge Player (Uncredited) |
| Joyce Kennedy | Elizabeth Wentworth |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Frank Launder | Writer |
| Albert de Courville | Director |
| Sidney Gilliat | Writer |
| Bernard Merivale | Story |
| L. du Garde Peach | Adaptation |
| Austin Melford | Dialogue |
| Arnold Ridley | Story |
| Mutz Greenbaum | Director of Photography |
| Ernö Metzner | Art Direction |
| Louis Levy | Music Director, Original Music Composer |
| John Greenwood | Original Music Composer |
| Michael Gordon | Editor |
| Bretton Byrd | Original Music Composer |
| Peter Birch | Sound Recordist |
| Marianne | Costume Designer |
| Jack Beaver | Original Music Composer |
| Charles Williams | Additional Music |
| Douglas Peirce | Assistant Director |
| Molyneaux | Set Dresser |
| Gerry Massy-Collier | Focus Puller |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Trending Position
This is quite a clever little mystery, well held together by Edmund Lowe and Constance Cummings. The former is a cocky PI ("Harwood") who meets ("Miss Fenton") who works for an insurance company. They must get to the bottom of some rather ingenious murders. Each time, an heavily insured body is foun ... d in a train wreck. One might be plausible, but after a few of these the coincidence theory starts to wear thin, and a clever strategy emerges which they must thwart. Initially, of course, the pair are pretty hostile towards each other and as we progress their acerbic rapport becomes witty and entertaining. The pace is good, the supporting cast which includes Felix Aylmer and Thomy Bourdelle delivers well too, and by the end there is still plenty of jeopardy as to whom is pulling the strings (or the emergency cord!). The action scenes are quite authentic looking too and there is definite sense of entertaining peril for us to enjoy.