Checkmate
Trailer: Checkmate
Year: 1935
Genre: Crime
Studio: British & Dominions Film Corporation
Director: George Pearson
Cast: Felix Aylmer, Evelyn Foster, Maurice Evans, Sally Gray, Donald Wolfit, Wilfrid Caithness
Crew: W. H. Lindop (Sound Recordist), George Pearson (Director), Percival Mackey (Music), Amy Kennedy Gould (Novel), Anthony Havelock-Allan (Producer), Basil Mason (Scenario Writer)
Runtime: 67 minutes
Release: Sep 26, 1935
IMDb: 5.60/10 by 5 users
Popularity: 1
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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