The Ware Case (1938 film)
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| Directed by | Robert Stevenson |
| Written by | G.P. Bancroft (play) E.V.H. Emmett Roland Pertwee Robert Stevenson |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon |
| Starring | Clive Brook Jane Baxter Barry K. Barnes Francis L. Sullivan |
| Cinematography | Ronald Neame |
| Edited by | Charles Saunders |
| Music by | Ernest Irving |
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| Distributed by | ABFD (UK) 20th Century Fox (US) |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Ware Case is a 1938 British drama film directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Clive Brook, Jane Baxter and Barry K. Barnes. It is an adaptation of the play The Ware Case (1915) by George Pleydell Bancroft, which had previously been made into two silent films, in 1917 and 1928. It had been a celebrated stage vehicle for Sir Gerald Du Maurier. The film was made at Ealing Studios with stately home exteriors shot in the grounds of Pinewood. Oscar Friedrich Werndorff worked as set designer.
In Forever Ealing, George Perry wrote, "The Ware Case is a stagey, melodramatic piece. But it was made on schedule within its budget, and was thus able to go into profit."