Send 'em Back Half Dead

1933 British film
  • Nelson Keys
  • Polly Luce
  • Ben Welden
Production
company
Cecil Landeau Productions
Distributed byFox Film
Release date
  • May 1933 (1933-05)
Running time
44 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Send 'em Back Half Dead is a 1933 comedy film directed by Redd Davis and starring Nelson Keys, Polly Luce and Ben Welden. It is intended as a parody of the American film Bring 'Em Back Alive, released the previous year.

It was made at Blattner Studios, Elstree, as a quota quickie for distribution by Fox Film.[1]

Cast

  • Nelson Keys as Hank Ruck
  • Polly Luce as Marie Ruck
  • Ben Welden as Mustapha
  • Kenneth Kove as Roland Peabody
  • Andreas Malandrinos as Tony
  • Jack Harris

References

  1. ^ Chibnall p.269

Bibliography

  • Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The British of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
  • Send 'em Back Half Dead at IMDb
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