Illegal is a 1932 British UK-Protonoir, crime, drama film directed by William C. McGann and starring Isobel Elsom, Ivor Barnard and D. A. Clarke-Smith.
It was made as a quota quickie at Teddington Studios by the British branch of Warner Brothers.
Synopsis
After her second husband drinks and gambles all her money away, a woman leaves him and decides to set up an out-of-hours drinking and gambling club in order to send her daughters to elite schools.
Cast
Isobel Elsom as Mrs. Evelyn Dean
Ivor Barnard as Albert
D. A. Clarke-Smith as Franklyn Dean
Margot Grahame as Dorothy Turner
Moira Lynd as Ann Turner
Edgar Norfolk as Lord Alan Sevington
Wally Patch as Bookie
Margaret Damer as Headmistress
References
Bibliography
Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007. Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.