The Roof
Inspector Darrow investigates the death of a wealthy man.
Mystery
Crime
5.4
5 reviewsRuntime: 58 min.
Budget: N/A
Revenue: N/A
Release Date: 1933-01-01
Director(s): George A. Cooper
Production: Real Art Productions
Languages: English
IMDB: tt0026949
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CinemaSerf★ 6/105/16/2023
I was quite pleasantly surprised by this simple little crime caper. It's all centred around the investigations of "Insp. Darrow" (Leslie Perrins) who has to look into the death of a wealthy man with no shortage of suspects. To add to the intrigue, there are two timelines with the Great War in the middle, and what appears to be a dwindling collection of precious jewels left in trust for the man's son, as the search for the truth hots up. It cannot have had much of a budget, nor a timeframe for shooting - and at times the style of presentation is distinctly static, but it doesn't hang around for just shy of an hour and as an early-ish example of a British talkie is actually quite watchable.