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The Peterville Diamond

Field	Value
name	The Peterville Diamond
image	The_Peterville_Diamond_(1942_film).jpg
caption	Spanish poster
director	Walter Forde
producer	Max Milner
writer
based_on
starring
music	Jack Beaver
cinematography	Basil Emmott
editing	Terence Fisher
studio	Warner Bros.
distributor	Warner Bros.
released
runtime	85 minutes
country	United Kingdom
language	English
budget	£62,076Steve Chibnall (2019) Hollywood-on-Thames: the British productions ofWarner Bros. – First National, 1931–1945, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 39:4,
gross	£27,740

687-724, DOI: 10.1080/01439685.2019.1615292 at p 714 The Peterville Diamond is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Anne Crawford, Donald Stewart and Renée Houston. It is also known by the alternative title Jewel Robbery.

Plot

In an effort to get her businessman husband to listen to her, a wife feigns interest in the famed Peterville Diamond. After a charming thief steals it from her, shenanigans, double-dealing and finally a chase, ensue.

Cast

Anne Crawford as Teri Mortimer
Donald Stewart as Charles Mortimer
Renée Houston as Lady Margaret
Oliver Wakefield as Baron Redburn
Charles Heslop as Dilfallow
William Hartnell as Joseph (as Bill Hartnell)
Felix Aylmer as President
Charles Victor as Dan
Joss Ambler as Police Chief
Paul Sheridan as Luis
Jeremy Hawk as Pierre
Julian Somers as Andre
Rosamund Greenwood as Miss Geach
Billy Holland as First Detective Inspector
Noel Dainton as Second Detective Inspector
Leo de Pokorny as Receptionist

Production

Ladislas Fodor's play was adapted for the screen by Gordon Wellesley and Brock Williams. It was made at Teddington Studios by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers. The film's sets were by the resident art director Norman Arnold.

Critical reception

TV Guide gave the film two out of four stars, calling it "An enjoyable light comedy with some witty repartee." while Allmovie thought it "Not a great film," however "still a much, much better film than one would expect from something which was filmed merely as a 'quota quickie.'"

References

Bibliography

Hutchings, Peter. Terence Fisher. Manchester University Press, 2001.

References

Goble, Alan. (8 September 2011). "The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film". Walter de Gruyter.
"The Peterville Diamond (1942) - Walter Forde - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
Conley, Timothy K.. (4 January 2016). "Screening Vienna: The City of Dreams in English-Language Cinema and Television". Cambria Press.
"The Peterville Diamond (1942)".
"The Peterville Diamond - TV Guide".
"The Peterville Diamond (1942) - Walter Forde - Review - AllMovie".

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