Salute the Toff
The Toff solves the mystery of a missing employer. One of the BFi's most wanted films.
The Toff solves the mystery of a missing employer. One of the BFi's most wanted films.
John Bentley
The Honourable Richard Rollison
Carol Marsh
Fay Gretton
Valentine Dyall
Inspector Grice
Shelagh Fraser
Myra Lorne
Roddy Hughes
Jolly
Wally Patch
Bert Ebbutt
Arthur Hill
Ted Harrison
June Elvin
Lady Anthea
Michael Golden
Benny Kless
The Toff solves the mystery of a missing employer. One of the BFi's most wanted films.
John Bentley is the super sleuth in this rather pedestrian tale of the aristocratic "Rolly" who is trying to track down a missing person and en route encounters murder and mischief. It moves along quickly and Roddy Hughes is standout as the butler "Jolly' who is as perfectly adept at throwing right hooks as he is at making tea; and he has quite a funny turn of phrase too. It's in a similar vein to Charteris' "The Saint" without quite the same degree of charm and sophistication.
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An overlooked pencil-pusher catches her husband in bed with another woman, the shock of which causes him to die of a heart attack. So she buries his body and takes advantage of the growing celebrity status that comes from having a missing husband. But she quickly finds herself in over her head, dodging cops and criminals, all while trying to keep the truth from her sister, a local news anchor who’s desperate for a story.
A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.
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