Inquest (1939)

★ 6.0 1h 0m IMDb
Crime Mystery
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A woman is suspected of killing her husband after a revolver is found in her attic. A coroner is determined to prove that she did it, but thanks to the assistance of a quick-witted lawyer she is eventually found innocent.

Inquest

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Cast

Elizabeth Allan
Elizabeth Allan as Margaret Hamilton Died 1990 · Skegness, Lincolnshire, England, UK Elizabeth Allan (9 April 1910 – 27 July 1990) was an English stage, screen, and television actress, who worked in both England and Hollywood..
Herbert Lomas
Herbert Lomas as Thomas Knight Died 1961 · Burnley, Lancashire, England Herbet Lomas (17 January 1887 – 12 April 1961) was a British actor who appeared in more than forty films in a career lasting between 1931 and 1955. He was born in Burnley, Lancashire and made his firs...
Hay Petrie
Hay Petrie as Stephen Neale Died 1948 · Dundee, Tayside, Scotland, UK
Barbara Everest
Barbara Everest as Mrs. Wyatt Died 1968 · Southfields, Surrey, England, UK Barbara Everest (19 June 1890 – 9 February 1968) was a British stage and film actress. She was born in Southfields, Surrey, and made her screen debut in the 1916 film The Man Without a Soul. On stage...
Philip Friend
Philip Friend as Richard Neale KC Died 1987 · Horsham, Sussex, England, UK
Jean Shepherd
Jean Shepherd as Mary Trelease Died 1999 · South Side, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. Raised in Hammond, Indiana, Jean Shepherd went on to work in the steel mills and was a veteran of the Army Signal Corps before entering the arts. In the 1950s, he began a long career as a radio person...
Director Roy Boulting
Cast Elizabeth Allan, Herbert Lomas, Hay Petrie, Barbara Everest, Olive Sloane, Philip Friend, Harold Anstruther, Malcolm Morley, Jean Shepherd, Charles Stephenson

Audience Reviews

CinemaSerf 6/10 Mar 28, 2022
This is quite a quirky little courtroom drama that illustrates some of the daftest elements of the ancient coroner's court practises. When "Margaret Hamilton" (Elizabeth Allan) is accused of her husband's murder, she appears before Herbert Lomas ("Thomas Knight") and his rather kangaroo court where luckily for her, she has a decent defence solicitor (Hay Petrie) who challenges the assumption that she is guilty and sets off to discover the truth. It's got two strong performances from a comically on-form Lomas and Petrie as the doughty K.C. who engage in a fun well written battle of wits. Hardly a vindication of the English judicial process but a great little watch.

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