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The Clue of the New Pin is a 1929 British crime film directed by Arthur Maude and starring Benita Hume, Kim Peacock, and Donald Calthrop. It was made at Beaconsfield Studios.

The Clue of the New Pin
Directed by	Arthur Maude
Written by	Edgar Wallace (novel) Kathleen Hayden
Produced by	S.W. Smith
Starring	Benita Hume Kim Peacock Donald Calthrop John Gielgud
Cinematography	Horace Wheddon
Production company	British Lion Film Corporation
Distributed by	Producers Distributing Corporation
Release date	March 1929
Running time	7,292 feet[1]
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The film was one of only 10 filmed in British Phototone, a sound-on-disc system which used 12-inch discs. All of the other nine films made in this process were short films.[2] In March 1929, this film and The Crimson Circle, filmed in the De Forest Phonofilm sound-on-film system, were 'trade-shown' to cinema exhibitors.[3]

This film is an adaptation of the 1923 novel The Clue of the New Pin by Edgar Wallace. It was later remade in 1961.

Plot

A wealthy recluse is murdered in an absolutely sealed room.

Cast

• Benita Hume as Ursula Ardfern
• Kim Peacock as Tab Holland
• Donald Calthrop as Yeh Ling
• John Gielgud as Rex Trasmere
• Harold Saxon-Snell as Walters
• Johnny Butt as Wellington Briggs
• Colin Kenny as Inspector Carver

References

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

• The Clue of the New Pin at IMDb
• The Clue of the New Pin (1929) at SilentEra

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