The Rocks of Valpre (1935 film)
| The Rocks of Valpre | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Henry Edwards |
| Produced by | Julius Hagen |
| Written by |
Ethel M. Dell (novel) H. Fowler Mear (writer) |
| Starring |
John Garrick Winifred Shotter Leslie Perrins |
| Music by | W.L. Trytel |
| Cinematography | Sydney Blythe |
| Edited by | Michael C. Chorlton |
Production company |
Real Art Productions |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release dates | 16 January 1935 |
Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Rocks of Valpre is a 1935 British crime film directed by Henry Edwards and starring John Garrick, Winifred Shotter and Leslie Perrins.[1] The film was made at Twickenham Studios. It was based on the novel The Rocks of Valpré by Ethel M. Dell. The film is set in the mid-nineteenth century with plot elements resembling the later Dreyfus Case.
Synopsis
While staying in a small French coastal town, a young English woman falls in love with a French cavalry officer. Their romance is dramatically cut short when she is sent back to England to finish her education in a convent, while he is wrongly accused of being a spy by a rival officer and sentenced to imprisonment on Devil's Island. She settles down to a comfortable and respectable marriage with a wealthy Englishman. Ten years later, however, she is threatened with blackmail, and her former lover escapes from Devil's Island to come to her aid. Seriously ill from his time on the penal colony, he dies shortly afterwards.
Cast
- John Garrick as Louis de Monteville
- Winifred Shotter as Christine Wyndham
- Leslie Perrins as Captain Rodolphe
- Michael Shepley as Trevor Mordaunt
- Lewis Shaw as Noel Wyndham
- Athene Seyler as Aunt Philippa
- Agnes Imlay as Madamoiselle Gautier