Down River (1931 film)

Down River is a 1931 British crime film directed by Peter Godfrey and starring Charles Laughton, Jane Baxter and Harold Huth. Based on a novel by "Seamark" (Austin J. Small), it was made at Lime Grove Studios with sets designed by Andrew Mazzei. Produced as a second feature, it is classified as a quota quickie.

Plot
A man smuggling drugs up the River Thames is caught when a newspaper reporter pursues him.

Cast

 * Charles Laughton as Captain Grossman
 * Jane Baxter as Hilary Gordon
 * Harold Huth as John Durham
 * Kenneth Kove as Ronnie Gordon
 * Hartley Power as Lingard
 * Arthur Goullet as Maxick
 * Norman Shelley as Blind Rudley
 * Frederick Leister as Inspector Manning
 * Cyril McLaglen as Sergeant Proctor
 * Humberston Wright as Sir Michael Gordon
 * Hugh E. Wright as Charlie Wong