The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935)

Directors

Berthold Viertel

Cast

Anna Lee, Barbara Everest, Beatrix Lehmann, Cathleen Nesbitt, Conrad Veidt, Frank Cellier, Jack Livesey, James Knight, John Turnbull, Mary Clare, Rene Ray, Ronald Ward, Sara Allgood

The story

The film focuses on a run-down boarding house in London, home to assorted residents. Many of them cling precariously to their social positions with only one figure, the wealthy self-made businessman Mr Wright, being truly successful. The house is owned by the grasping Mrs Sharpe, who mistreats the maid, Stasia, a rehabilitated juvenile delinquent.

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