Dinner at the Ritz
- Roland Pertwee
- Romney Brent
- Annabella
- David Niven
- Paul Lukas
- Romney Brent
- Muir Mathieson
- Lee Sims
company
- 21 October 1937 (1937-10-21) (UK)
- 26 November 1937 (1937-11-26) (US)
Dinner at the Ritz is a 1937 British mystery romance film directed by Harold D. Schuster and starring David Niven, Annabella, and Paul Lukas.[1] It was produced by the British branch of 20th Century Fox, and shot at Denham Studios.
Synopsis
The daughter of a banker is engaged to marry one of her father's colleagues. However, her father inadvertently discovers his soon-to-be son-in-law is in fact one of the men who have misappropriated his bank's funds. While confronting Baron de Beaufort, Mr. Racine is shot; his daughter refuses to believe that his death was a suicide. Traveling in disguise and helped by a fraud investigator, she tracks those among his colleagues who looted his bank.[2]
Cast
- Annabella as Ranie Racine
- David Niven as Paul de Brack
- Paul Lukas as Baron Philip de Beaufort
- Romney Brent as Jimmy Raine
- Francis L. Sullivan as Brogard
- Stewart Rome as Racine
- Frederick Leister as Tarade
- William Dewhurst as Devine
- Tyrell Davis as Duval
- Vivienne Chatterton as Marthe
- Ronald Shiner as Sydney
- Nora Swinburne as Lady Railton
- Raymond Huntley as Gibout
- Ralph Truman as Auctioneer
- O. B. Clarence as Messenger (uncredited)
- Frederick Culley as (uncredited)
- Patricia Medina as (uncredited)
- Bill Shine as (Minor role, uncredited)
References
External links
- Dinner at the Ritz at AllMovie
- Dinner at the Ritz at the British Film Institute[better source needed]
- Dinner at the Ritz at IMDb
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