{{Short description|1933 British film by Redd Davis}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox film | name = Ask Beccles | image = | caption = | director = Redd Davis | producer = | writer = | starring = Garry Marsh <br /> Lilian Oldland <br /> Abraham Sofaer | music = | cinematography = | editing = | studio = British and Dominions | distributor = Paramount British Pictures | released = {{Film date|1933|12}} | runtime = 68 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Ask Beccles''''' is a 1933 British comedy crime film directed by Redd Davis and starring Garry Marsh, Lilian Oldland, Abraham Sofaer and John Turnbull. The film was based on a play by Cyril Campion. It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios as a quota quickie for release by Paramount Pictures.<ref>Wood p.77</ref>
==Premise== A man steals a priceless diamond, but returns it when an innocent man is arrested for the theft.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/66343|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114065424/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/66343|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 January 2009|title=Ask Beccles (1934)|work=BFI}}</ref>
==Cast== * Garry Marsh as Eustace Beccles * Lilian Oldland as Marion Holforth * Abraham Sofaer as Baki * Allan Jeayes as Matthew Blaise * John Turnbull as Inspector Daniels * Evan Thomas as Sir Frederick Boyne * Eileen Munro as Mrs. Rivers * Fewlass Llewellyn as Sir James Holforth
==References== <references/>
==Bibliography== * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.
==External links== *{{IMDb title|0166490}}
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Category:1933 films Category:Films directed by Redd Davis Category:British black-and-white films Category:British and Dominions Studios films Category:Films shot at Imperial Studios, Elstree Category:British films based on plays Category:Quota quickies Category:British crime comedy films Category:1930s crime comedy films Category:1933 comedy films Category:1933 English-language films Category:1933 British films Category:English-language crime comedy films
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