Premiere (1938 film)

Premiere is a 1938 British musical mystery film directed by Walter Summers and starring John Lodge, Judy Kelly, Joan Marion, Hugh Williams. In Paris a leading theatre impresario is murdered on opening night, shortly after replacing his leading lady. A police Inspector in the audience takes over the investigation.

The film was shot at Elstree Studios. It was a close remake of the 1937 Austrian film Premiere and re-used a number of musical scenes from the original which were dubbed into English.

Cast

 * John Lodge as Inspector Bonnard
 * Judy Kelly as Carmen Daviot
 * Joan Marion as Lydia Lavalle
 * Hugh Williams as Nissen, Rene
 * Edward Chapman as Lohrmann
 * Steven Geray as Frolich
 * Edmund Breon as Morel
 * Wallace Geoffrey as Renoir
 * Geoffrey Sumner as Captain Curry
 * Joss Ambler as Spectator
 * Jack Lambert as Stage manager