Father Brown, Detective

Father Brown, Detective is a 1934 American mystery film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Walter Connolly, Paul Lukas and Gertrude Michael. It is based on the 1910 Father Brown story "The Blue Cross" by G. K. Chesterton.

Plot

When infamous jewel thief Flambeau (Paul Lukas) announces his intention to steal stones from a diamond cross in Father Brown (Walter Connolly)'s church, the crime-solving cleric fights to retain the cross, and also to save the soul of the elusive Flambeau.

Cast

Walter Connolly as Father Brown

Paul Lukas as Flambeau

Gertrude Michael as Evelyn Fischer

Robert Loraine as Inspector Valentine

Halliwell Hobbes as Sir Leopold Fischer

Una O'Connor as Mrs. Boggs

E.E. Clive as Sergeant

Donald Gray as Don

Bunny Beatty as Jenny

Peter Hobbes as Peter

King Baggot as Priest

Douglas Gerrard as Constable

Robert Adair as Policeman

Gwenllian Gill as Flowershop Girl

Fred Walton as Waiter

Alyce Ardell as Maid

References

External links

1934 films

Adaptations of works by G. K. Chesterton

American mystery films

1930s English-language films

Films about Catholic priests

Films directed by Edward Sedgwick

Films set in England

American black-and-white films

1934 mystery films

1930s American films