The Ticket of Leave Man
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DVD-R Details
- Run Time: 1 hours, 10 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: January 16, 2018
- Originally Released: 1937
- Label: Alpha Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Tod Slaughter, John Warwick, Marjorie Taylor & Robert Adair | |
Directed by | George King |
Entertainment Reviews:
Description by OLDIES.com:
Tod Slaughter's remarkable talent for playing over-the-top maniacs in macabre Victorian settings is on full display in The Ticket of Leave Man. His delightful grin and lunatic glee at "polishing off" his victims is a trademark of the British actor, who never quite gained the fame of his Hollywood horror counterparts Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff. Directed with a smart tongue-in-cheek flair by George King, who helmed the best of Slaughter's films, The Ticket of Leave Man is based on an 1863 stage play by English playwright Tom Taylor. At the time considered a “social problem” play because it dealt with the plight of ex-convicts, it became popular with audiences because of the heroic Hawkshaw the Detective, a precursor to Sherlock Holmes played here by Robert Adair. Slaughter’s character, “The Tiger”, was added to capitalize on the actor’s reputation for playing maniacal killers, while Hawkshaw’s role was de-emphasized in the film adaptation.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 10,582
- UPC: 089218801890
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