Jump for Glory

Jump for Glory is a 1937 British crime 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. The film was shot at Isleworth Studios by the independent company Criterion Film for distribution by United Artists. The film's sets were designed by the art director Edward Carrick.

Plot
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.

Cast

 * Per opening credits and British Film Catalogue


 * Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Ricky Morgan
 * Valerie Hobson as Glory Howard later Glory Fane
 * Alan Hale as Jim Dial ( alias Colonel Fane)
 * Edward Rigby as Sander
 * Barbara Everest as Mrs. Nolan
 * Jack Melford as Thompson
 * Anthony Ireland as Sir Timothy Haddon
 * Esme Percy as Robinson
 * Basil Radford as Valentine
 * Leo Genn as Peters
 * Ian Fleming as Coroner
 * Frank Birch as Vicar
 * Roland Culver as Conductor
 * Fred Duprez
 * Henry Longhurst
 * Win Oughton
 * Cecil Bevan as Butler
 * Joan Connor
 * Mary Kerridge
 * Jim Burnett
 * Hindle Edgar
 * Herbert Cameron
 * Dorothy Oldfield
 * George Mozart