Twelve Good Men is a 1936 British crime film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Henry Kendall, Nancy O'Neil and Joyce Kennedy. It was made at Teddington Studios by Warner Brothers as a quota quickie. It is based on the 1928 detective novel The Murders in Praed Street by John Rhode, with the principal series character of the book Doctor Priestley eliminated for the film.
Cast
Henry Kendall as Charles Drew
Nancy O'Neil as Ann
Joyce Kennedy as Lady Thora
Percy Parsons as Hopwood
Morland Graham as Victor Day
Bernard Miles as Inspector Pine
Philip Ray as Higgs
Frederick Burtwell as Fortheringay
Roddy Hughes
Sam Springson
George Hughes
Madge White
Grace Lane
Ralph Roberts
References
Bibliography
Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007. Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.