{{Short description|1935 British film by Albert de Courville}} {{italic title}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Use British English|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox film | name = The Case of Gabriel Perry | image = The_Case_of_Gabriel_Perry_(1935_film).jpg | caption = | director = Albert de Courville | producer = Herbert Smith | writer = L. du Garde Peach | based_on = play ''Wild Justice'' by James Dale<ref name="GBOOKS">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yyqc0Qa6b60C&q=the+case+of+gabriel+perry+1935+literary+sources+in+film&pg=PA104|title=The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film|first=Alan|last=Goble|date=1 January 1999|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=9783110951943|via=Google Books}}</ref> | starring = {{ubl|Henry Oscar|Olga Lindo|Margaret Lockwood}} | music = | cinematography = Charles Van Enger | editing = | studio = British Lion Film Corporation | distributor = British Lion Film Corporation (UK) | released = {{Film date|1935|05||UK}} | runtime = 77 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Case of Gabriel Perry''''' is a 1935 British crime film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Henry Oscar, Olga Lindo and Margaret Lockwood.<ref name="BFIsearch">{{Cite web |title=The Case of Gabriel Perry |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150024395 |access-date=8 May 2026 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> It was written by L. du Garde Peach based on the 1933 play ''Wild Justice'' by James Dale.<ref name="GBOOKS" />
==Plot== An unstable Victorian doctor murders a woman.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BFI {{!}} Film & TV Database {{!}}The Case of Gabriel Perry (1935) |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/28879 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113212443/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/28879 |archive-date=2009-01-13 |access-date=2026-05-08 |website=BFI |language=en}}</ref>
==Cast== * Henry Oscar as Gabriel Perry * Olga Lindo as Mrs Perry * Margaret Lockwood as Mildred Perry * Franklin Dyall as Prosecution * Raymond Lovell as Defence * John Wood as Godfrey Perry * Martita Hunt as Mrs Read * Rodney Ackland as Tommy Read * Percy Walsh as William Read * Ralph Truman as Inspector White * Alastair Sim as minor role
==Reception==
''The Monthly Film Bulletin'' wrote: "Most of the acting is competent, and the trial scene – a substantial part of the film – is a much better dramatic presentation than most court scenes appearing on the screen to-day. But the direction is at times a little crude, at others lacking in clarity."''<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1935 |title=The Case of Gabriel Perry |volume=2 |issue=13 |pages=52 |id={{ProQuest|1305801544}} |magazine=The Monthly Film Bulletin}}</ref>''
''The Daily Film Renter'' wrote: "Engrossing psychological study of murderer, painstakingly presented in drama that works up to strong climax. ... Henry Oscar gives holding portrayal in lead, revealing mind of homicidal maniac with uncanny skill. Unusual offering of pronounced box-office calibre."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=30 April 1935 |title=The Case of Gabriel Perry |volume= |issue=2540 |pages=4 |id={{ProQuest|2826329376}} |magazine=The Daily Film Renter}}</ref>
''Kine Weekly'' wrote: "A vivid, penetrating psychological study of a vicious, inhuman hypocrite, expressed in terms of arresting, thrilling screen entertainment. There is, however, nothing highbrow about the picture; it is crisp, gripping theatre, treated intelligently from the popular and box-office angle. Henry Oscar, of course, dominates the plot; his part is the fat one, but the director adroitly avoids all the pitfalls of the one-man show."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2 May 1935 |title=The Case of Gabriel Perry |volume=219 |issue=1463 |pages=21 |id={{ProQuest|2338265355}} |magazine=Kine Weekly}}</ref> == Preservation status == The British Film Institute National Archive holds a collection of ephemera and stills but no film or video materials.<ref name="BFIsearch" />
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|0026183}} {{Albert de Courville}}
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