The Case for the Crown

The Case for the Crown is a 1934 British crime film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Miles Mander, Meriel Forbes and Whitmore Humphries. It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios as a quota quickie for release by Paramount Pictures.

Plot
A business partner is found dead and the company accounts have been tampered with; but is it murder or suicide?

Cast

 * Miles Mander as James L. Barton
 * Meriel Forbes as Shirley Rainsford
 * Whitmore Humphries as Roy Matherson
 * Lawrence Anderson as Roxy
 * David Horne as James Rainsford
 * Gordon McLeod as Prosecution
 * John Turnbull as Prof. Lawrence

Critical reception
TV Guide called it "another dull British courtroom drama."