Sweet Devil

1938 British film

Yves Mirande (play Quelle drôle de gosse!)
Geoffrey Kerr
Ralph Spence

Produced byJack BuchananStarring

Bobby Howes
Jean Gillie
William Kendall

CinematographyBernard BrowneEdited byCharles SaundersMusic byVan Phillips

Production
company

Jack Buchanan Productions

Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors

Release date

January 1938 (1938-01)

Running time

71 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Sweet Devil is a 1938 British musical comedy film directed by René Guissart and starring Bobby Howes, Jean Gillie and William Kendall. It was made at Pinewood Studios.^[1]

Cast

Bobby Howes as Tony Brent
Jean Gillie as Jill Turner
William Kendall as Edward Bane
Syd Walker as Belton
Ellis Jeffreys as Lady Tonbridge
Glen Alyn as Sylvia Tonbridge
Anthony Ireland as Senor Florez
Hazel Terry as Rose
Sylvia Leslie as Frances
Syd Crossley as Police Constable
Four New Yorkers as Specialty Act

References

^ Wood p.97

Bibliography

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

External links

Sweet Devil at IMDb

Films directed by René Guissart

Luck (1931)
The Man in Evening Clothes (1931)
Passionately (1932)
The Improvised Son (1932)
You Will Be a Duchess (1932)
The Premature Father (1933)
Primerose (1934)
The Midnight Prince (1934)
Dédé (1935)
Dora Nelson (1935)
The Hortensia Sisters (1935)
Speak to Me of Love (1935)
Ménilmontant (1936)
You Are Me (1936)
Alexis, Gentleman Chauffeur (1938)
Sweet Devil (1938)

Films by Charles Saunders

Feature films

Director	No Exit (1930) Everything Is Thunder (1936) Tawny Pipit (1944) (co-director, Bernard Miles) The Way to the Stars (1945, director of Second Unit) The White Unicorn (1947, location director) Fly Away Peter (1948) Trouble in the Air (1948) Your Witness (1950, assistant to director) Dark Interval (1950) Chelsea Story (1951) One Wild Oat (1951) Death of an Angel (1952) Blind Man's Bluff (1952) Come Back Peter (1952) Black Orchid (1953) Love in Pawn (1953) The Scarlet Web (1954) The Golden Link (1954) Meet Mr. Callaghan (1954) One Jump Ahead (1955) The Hornet's Nest (1955) A Time to Kill (1955) The Narrowing Circle (1956) Behind the Headlines (1956) Find the Lady (1956) Murder Reported (1957) There's Always a Thursday (1957) The Man Without a Body (1957) Date with Disaster (1957) Kill Her Gently (1957) The End of the Line (1957) Womaneater (1958) Nudist Paradise (1958) Naked Fury (1959) Strictly Confidential (1959) Operation Cupid (1959) The Gentle Trap (1960) Dangerous Afternoon (1961) Jungle Street (1961) Danger by My Side (1963)
Editor	Enter the Queen (1930) Bill's Legacy (1931) Immediate Possession (1931) Peace and Quiet (1931) We dine at Seven (1931) Detective Lloyd (1931) The Wrong Mr. Perkins (1931) The Guv'nor (1935) O.H.M.S. (1937) Take My Tip (1937) The Gaunt Stranger (1938) Sweet Devil (1938) The Ware Case (1938) The Four Just Men (1939) Young Man's Fancy (1939) Return to Yesterday (1940) Alibi (1942, supervising editor) The Gentle Sex (1943)
Cutter	Cottage to Let (1941) I Thank You (1941) Hi Gang! (1941) Back-Room Boy (1942) We Dive at Dawn (1943)
Script writer	Tawny Pipit (1944) Come Back Peter (1952)