Jury's Evidence

Jury's Evidence is a 1936 British crime film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Hartley Power, Margaret Lockwood and Nora Swinburne. It was made at Beaconsfield Studios.^[1] It was an early role for Margaret Lockwood.

• Hartley Power as Edgar Trent
• Margaret Lockwood as Betty Stanton
• Nora Swinburne as Mary Trent
• Sebastian Shaw as Philip
• Jane Millican as Agatha
• Patrick Ludlow as Cyril
• Charles Paton as Crowther
• Eve Gray as Ruby
• Tracy Holmes as John Stanton
• W.E. Holloway as Judge
• Dick Francis as Hodson
• Philip Strange as Geoffrey
• Aubrey Fitzgerald as Murphy
• Kathleen Harrison

Picturegoer’s Lionel Collier offered a two-star (good) rating in his review and described the film as "A somewhat novel murder story which, while not always avoiding the obvious, is capably directed by Ralph Ince and has good suspense values." Collier was mostly positive in his comments regarding the cast and wrote, "As the secretary, Margaret Lockwood draws an attractive and polished character, while Hartley Power is sound as the employer. The discarded mistress is well rendered by Eve Grey, and Nora Swinburne plays the role of the employer’s wife with sincerity. Tracy Holmes is weak as the secretary’s husband."^[2]

Variety’s reviewer wrote : "Capably produced and directed film representing great care with detail. Its success, or otherwise, will depend entirely upon whether the ordinary filmgoer assimilates the surprise finish, which seems to lack elucidation for the lowbrow. Acting represents a larger representation of histrionic ability than can be found in most plays or pictures. No sensational talent, but all competent."^[3]

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

• Jury's Evidence at IMDb
• Jury's Evidence at TCMDB
• Review of film at Variety