The Ticket of Leave Man (1937 film)

The Ticket of Leave Man is a 1937 British thriller film directed by George King and starring Tod Slaughter, John Warwick and Marjorie Taylor. It was based on The Ticket-of-Leave Man, an 1863 melodrama by Tom Taylor which introduced the character Hawkshaw the Detective. It takes its name from the Ticket of leave which was issued to convicts when they were released.

Plot

A man is wrongly accused of a series of killings, leaving him to hunt the real murderer.

Cast

Tod Slaughter as The Tiger

John Warwick as Robert Brierly

Marjorie Taylor as May Edwards

Frank Cochran as Melter Moss

Robert Adair as Hawkshaw the Detective

Peter Gawthorne as Joshua Gibson

Jenny Lynn as Mrs. Willoughby

Arthur West Payne as Sam Willoughby

Norman Pierce as Maltby

Billy Bray as Jackson

Soundtrack

References

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1937 films

1930s thriller films

British black-and-white films

Films directed by George King

Films scored by Jack Beaver

British thriller films

1930s English-language films

1930s British films

English-language thriller films