Strangers on Honeymoon is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Constance Cummings, Hugh Sinclair and Noah Beery, based on the 1926 novel The Northing Tramp by Edgar Wallace. Much of the film takes place in Canada. It was made by Gainsborough Pictures at the Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernö Metzner. Wallace's son (Bryan Edgar Wallace) also contributed to the film's screenplay, along with 5 other writers.
Plot
Young orphan October (Constance Cummings) flees from an arranged marriage with Wilfred (James Arnold), to wed gentleman tramp Quigley (Hugh Sinclair) for a bet. However, Quigley is secretly an English nobleman on the run for a murder he did not commit. Events escalate when a cousin of the jilted Wilfred hires a pair of hoodlums (Noah Beery & David Burns) to bump off Quigley.
Cast
Constance Cummings as October Jones
Hugh Sinclair as Elliott Quigley
Noah Beery as Redbeard
Beatrix Lehmann as Elfrida Valentine
David Burns as Lennie
Butler Hixon as Sam Wasser
Maurice Freeman as Uncle Elmer Crinklaw
James Arnold as Wilfred H. Thompson, the Bridegroom
Tucker McGuire as Bride
Edmund Breon as Sir Gregory Andrews
Skelton Knaggs
Conway Palmer
Percy Parsons as Minister (uncredited) Sara Allgood as Housekeeper (uncredited) Edmon Ryan
References
Bibliography
Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.