Jury's Evidence

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox film | name = Jury's Evidence | image = | caption = | director = Ralph Ince | producer = Herbert Smith | writer = {{ubl|Jack Celestin (play)|Jack DeLeon (play)|Ian Dalrymple}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Hartley Power|Margaret Lockwood|Nora Swinburne}} | music = | cinematography = George Stretton | editing = | studio = British Lion Film Corporation | distributor = British Lion Film Corporation | released = {{Film date|1936|01|07|df=yes}} | runtime = 74 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Jury's Evidence''''' is a 1936 British crime film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Hartley Power, Margaret Lockwood and Nora Swinburne. It was made at Beaconsfield Studios.<ref>Wood p.86</ref> It was an early role for Margaret Lockwood.

==Cast== * Hartley Power as Edgar Trent * Margaret Lockwood as Betty Stanton * Nora Swinburne as Mary Trent * Sebastian Shaw as Philip * Jane Millican as Agatha * Patrick Ludlow as Cyril * Charles Paton as Crowther * Eve Gray as Ruby * Tracy Holmes as John Stanton * W.E. Holloway as Judge * Dick Francis as Hodson * Philip Strange as Geoffrey * Aubrey Fitzgerald as Murphy * Kathleen Harrison

==Critical reception== ''Picturegoer''’s Lionel Collier offered a two-star (good) rating in his review and described the film as ”A somewhat novel murder story which, while not always avoiding the obvious, is capably directed by Ralph Ince and has good suspense values.”<ref name=“Picturegoer”> ''Picturegoer''. Odhams Press Limited, Volume 6, Number 266, June 27, 1936. Page 32 </ref>

Collier was mostly positive in his comments regarding the cast and wrote, “As the secretary, Margaret Lockwood draws an attractive and polished character, while Hartley Power is sound as the employer. The discarded mistress is well rendered by Eve Grey, and Nora Swinburne plays the role of the employer’s wife with sincerity. Tracy Holmes is weak as the secretary’s husband.” <ref name=“Picturegoer”/>

''Variety''’s reviewer wrote : “Capably produced and directed film representing great care with detail. Its success, or otherwise, will depend entirely upon whether the ordinary filmgoer assimilates the surprise finish, which seems to lack elucidation for the lowbrow. Acting represents a larger representation of histrionic ability than can be found in most plays or pictures. No sensational talent, but all competent.” <ref>{{cite web |title= Jury’s Evidence |url= https://archive.org/details/variety121-1936-01/page/n384/mode/1up |website=Internet Archive |publisher= Variety |access-date=2026-05-23 |date=1936-01-22}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.

==External links== *[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027831/ ''Jury's Evidence''] at IMDb *[https://web.archive.org/web/20231019235522/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/80027/jurys-evidence ''Jury's Evidence''] at TCMDB *[https://archive.org/details/variety121-1936-01/page/n384/mode/1up/search/%22margaret+lockwood%22?q=%22margaret+lockwood%22 Review of film] at ''Variety''

Category:1936 films Category:1936 crime drama films Category:British crime drama films Category:Films shot at Beaconsfield Studios Category:Films directed by Ralph Ince Category:British black-and-white films Category:1936 British films Category:1936 English-language films Category:English-language crime drama films