The Ace of Spades
Release Date: 1935-02-09
Overview: The wife of a candidate for Parliament is having an affair with the brother of her husband's rival. Her lover is running for election on a promise of building a railway that the community needs, but a wealthy landowner won't give permission for the railway to be built over his land. When the landowner is later found dead, suspicion falls on the adulterous candidate.
Rating: 5.7 / 10
Cast
Michael Hogan
as Nick Trent
Dorothy Boyd
as Nita Daventry
Richard Cooper
as Tony
Michael Shepley
as George Despard
Geraldine Fitzgerald
as Evelyn Daventry
Crew
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George Pearson - Director
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Fred V. Merrick - Assistant Director
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James A. Carter - Art Direction
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John Crawford Fraser - Writer
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Gerard Fairlie - Adaptation
Reviews
An almost theatrical presentation of an intrigue of adultery, blackmail and murder. A prospective MP (Michael Hogan) promises his electorate a new railway line without banking on the refusal the local...