Jump for Glory | |
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Directed by | Raoul Walsh |
Produced by |
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Marcel Hellman |
Written by | Gordon McDonnell (novel) John Meehan Jr. Harold French |
Starring |
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Valerie Hobson Alan Hale Jack Melford |
Music by | Percival Mackey |
Cinematography | Victor Arménise |
Edited by | Conrad von Molo |
Production
company |
Criterion Films
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Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date
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5 March 1937 |
Running time
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85 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Jump for Glory is a 1937 British romantic drama film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Valerie Hobson and Alan Hale. It was based on a novel by Gordon McDonnell.
Rick Morgan, an American involved in the bootlegging trade, is forced to relocate to Britain where he becomes one of the top cat burglars in London. One night while breaking into a house he runs into the daughter of its occupant Glory Fane and they soon fall in love. However, one of Morgan's old associates from the United States, now masquerading as a respectable member of British society, threatens to wreck his chances of going straight and finding happiness with Glory.