Silver Top is a 1938 British crime film directed by George King and starring Marie Wright, Betty Ann Davies, David Farrar and Marjorie Taylor. It was made at Shepperton Studios as a quota quickie.
Synopsis
A gang of criminals decide to swindle an elderly sweet shop owner living in a country village out of her money by producing her "long-lost son" who is really one of their gang. However, once he takes up his disguise he begins to become entranced with the quiet country village and falls in love with the Vicar's daughter. He ends up refusing to help his former criminal associates and reveals his true identity to the villagers.
Cast
Marie Wright as Mrs Deeping
Betty Ann Davies as Dushka Vernon
Marjorie Taylor as Hazel Summers
David Farrar as Babe
Brian Buchel as Flash Gerald
Bryan Herbert as Jem Withers
Polly Emery as Martha Bains
Isobel Scaife as Aggie Murbles
References
Bibliography
Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007. Shafer, Stephen C. British Popular Films, 1929-1939: The Cinema of Reassurance. Routledge, 1997.