The Silent Passenger

The Silent Passenger
Film credits
Directed by	Reginald Denham
Produced by	Hugh Perceval
Written by	Basil Mason
Based on	a story by Dorothy L. Sayers
Starring	John Loder Peter Haddon
Music by	Percival Mackey
Cinematography	Jan Stallich
Edited by	Thorold Dickinson
Release dates	11 November 1935 (1935-11-11) (UK)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Silent Passenger is a British black-and-white mystery film produced in 1935 at Ealing Studios, London.^[1] This was the first film outing for novelist Dorothy L. Sayers' fictional amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. It was based on an original story written by Sayers specifically for the screen. Her amateur sleuth was portrayed as a somewhat eccentric imbecile who solved murders in spite of himself.

Plot

A blackmailer is murdered by the husband of one of his victims, railway detective Henry Camberley (Donald Wolfit), but it is the innocent John Ryder (John Loder) who is suspected of the murder when Camberley puts the dead body into his trunk. After making the casual acquaintance of Ryder, amateur detective Lord Peter Wimsey (Peter Haddon) sets about proving his friend's innocence. All these events take place while on a train trip from London to the English Channel, with Ryder acting as "bait" to flush out the real killer and solve the murder.

Cast

John Loder as John Ryder
Peter Haddon as Lord Peter Wimsey
Lilian Oldland as Mollie Ryder (as Mary Newland)
Donald Wolfit as Henry Camberley
Austin Trevor as Inspector Parker
Leslie Perrins as Maurice Windermere
Aubrey Mather as Bunter
Robb Wilton as Porter
Ralph Truman as Saunders
Ann Codrington as Desk Clerk
George De Warfaz as Chief of Foreign Police
Annie Esmond as Old Lady Passenger
Dorice Fordred as Camberley's Accomplice
Vincent Holman as Works Manager
Gordon McLeod as Commissioner
Frederick Burtwell (uncredited)
Percy Rhodes (uncredited)

References

↑ "Silent Passenger, The". The Complete Index To World Film since 1895. Alan Goble. Retrieved 2008-01-17.

External links

The films of Reginald Denham

Called Back (1933)
The Jewel (1933)
Borrow a Million (1934)
The Primrose Path (1934)
Brides to Be (1934)
Lucky Loser (1934)
Death at Broadcasting House (1934)
The Price of Wisdom (1935)
Lieutenant Daring R.N. (1935)
The Village Squire (1935)
The Silent Passenger (1935)
Lucky Days (1935)
Dreams Come True (1936)
The House of the Spaniard (1936)
Calling the Tune (1936)
The Crimson Circle (1936)
Kate Plus Ten (1938)
Flying Fifty-Five (1939)
Blind Folly (1939)

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