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Inquest is a 1939 British crime film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Elizabeth Allan, Herbert Lomas, Hay Petrie and Barbara Everest.[1] In the film, a young widow is accused of murder, and enlists the support of a King's Counsel to help prove her innocence.[2] It was based on the play Inquest by Michael Barringer which had previously been adapted as Inquest in 1931. The film was a quota quickie made at Highbury Studios to be used as a supporting feature.[3]

Inquest
Directed by	Roy Boulting
Written by	Francis Miller
Based on	Inquest by Michael Barringer
Produced by	John Boulting
Starring	Elizabeth Allan Herbert Lomas Hay Petrie Barbara Everest
Cinematography	D.P. Cooper
Edited by	Roy Boulting
Music by	Charles Brill
Production company	Charter Film Productions
Distributed by	Grand National Pictures
Release date	December 1939
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Cast

• Elizabeth Allan as Margaret Hamilton
• Herbert Lomas as Thomas Knight
• Hay Petrie as Stephen Neale
• Barbara Everest as Mrs. Wyatt
• Olive Sloane as Lily Prudence
• Philip Friend as Richard Neale KC
• Harold Anstruther as Sir. Denton Hulme
• Malcolm Morley as Doctor Macfarlane

Critical reception

TV Guide concluded, "not bad as courtroom dramas go. This was the first attempt by the Boulting brothers to give higher production values to programmer filmmaking."[4]

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