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Basil Radford has 3 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1930s through the 1940s.
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After the Thin Man
1936
Comedy · Mystery

The Thin Man
1934
Comedy · Mystery

The Thursday Murder Club
2025
Comedy · Mystery

The 39 Steps
1935
Mystery · Thriller

42nd Street
1933
Comedy · Drama

The Philadelphia Story
1940
Comedy · Romance

Adam's Rib
1949
Comedy · Romance

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
Comedy · Drama

On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. The other passengers ominously deny Miss Froy ever existed, so Iris begins to investigate with another traveler and, as the pair sleuth, romantic sparks fly.
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock · With Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas

Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, heading for Jamaica, it sank outside Eriskay, The Outer Hebrides, Scotland, in bad weather, containing 250,000 bottles of whisky. The locals gathered as many bottles as they could, before the proper authorities arrived, and even today, bottles are found in the sand or in the sea every other year.
Dir. Alexander Mackendrick · With Basil Radford, Bruce Seton, Gordon Jackson

When a young writer is falsely accused of murdering a famous actress, he escapes custody and joins forces with the daughter of a police constable to prove his innocence.
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock · With Nova Pilbeam, Derrick De Marney, Percy Marmont
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