Kate Plus Ten is a 1938 British thriller film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Jack Hulbert, Genevieve Tobin and Noel Madison.[1] It was adapted from the Edgar Wallace novel Kate Plus Ten. It was also released as Queen of Crime.

Kate Plus Ten
Directed by	Reginald Denham
Written by	Jeffrey Dell Jack Hulbert
Based on	Kate Plus Ten by Edgar Wallace
Produced by	Richard Wainwright
Starring	Jack Hulbert Genevieve Tobin Noel Madison
Cinematography	Roy Kellino
Edited by	Inman Hunter
Music by	Allan Gray
Production company	Richard Wainwright Productions
Distributed by	General Film Distributors
Release date	1 August 1938 (UK)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Production

The film was an independent production shot at Shepperton Studios.[2]

The final third of the film makes extensive use of railway locations. Among these, the main line between Bath and Westbury (Wiltshire) was employed, with a stolen train smashing through fake level crossing gates at Freshford station. The branch line through Limpley Stoke and Camerton was also featured, and a closed colliery in the Somerset coalfield was the location for the scene in which a steam locomotive crashes through wooden shed doors.[3]

Plot summary

Kate, the leader of a gang of criminals, works as secretary to an aristocrat allowing her to pick up vital information. However, the police soon become suspicious of her and Scotland Yard's Inspector Pemberton is sent on her trail.

Cast

• Jack Hulbert as Inspector Mike Pemberton
• Genevieve Tobin as Kate Westhanger
• Noel Madison as Gregori
• Francis L. Sullivan as Lord Flamborough
• Arthur Wontner as Colonel Westhanger
• Frank Cellier as Sir Ralph Sapson
• Peter Haddon as Boltover
• Googie Withers as Lady Moya
• Edward Lexy as Sergeant
• Felix Aylmer as Bishop
• Leo Genn as Doctor Gurdon
• James Harcourt as Bank Manager
• Vincent Holman as Detective
• Oliver Johnston as Cunningham
• Ronald Adam as Police Chief
• Philip Leaver as Mulberry
• Arthur Hambling as 3rd Signalman
• Bryan Herbert as 2nd Signalman
• Leonie Lamartine as Stout Woman
• Queenie Leonard
• Walter Sondes
• Albert Whelan
• Arthur Brander
• Geoffrey Clark
• Paul Sheridan

Critical reception

Britmovie called it a "light-hearted comedy-thriller," adding, "like so many Wallace stories logic takes a back seat, but the speeding train sequence generates some lively thrills, and Hulbert and Tobin craft a likeable onscreen chemistry. Tobin is wickedly delightful as Kate, and Hulbert, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jeffrey Dell, gives an agreeable performance in spite of the artificiality of the role."[4]

References

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• Kate Plus Ten at IMDb

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