Dinner at the Ritz

Dinner at the Ritz
Directed byHarold D. Schuster
Written by
Produced byRobert Kane
Starring
CinematographyPhilip Tannura
Edited byJames B. Clark
Music by
Production
company
New World Pictures
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • 21 October 1937 (1937-10-21) (UK)
  • 26 November 1937 (1937-11-26) (US)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Dinner at the Ritz is a 1937 British mystery romance film directed by Harold D. Schuster and starring David Niven, Annabella, and Paul Lukas.[1] It was produced by the British branch of 20th Century Fox, and shot at Denham Studios.

Synopsis

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The daughter of a banker is engaged to marry one of her father's colleagues. However, her father inadvertently discovers his soon-to-be son-in-law is in fact one of the men who have misappropriated his bank's funds. While confronting Baron de Beaufort, Mr. Racine is shot; his daughter refuses to believe that his death was a suicide. Traveling in disguise and helped by a fraud investigator, she tracks those among his colleagues who looted his bank.[2]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Dinner at the Ritz (1937)". BFI Film & TV Database. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
  2. ^ "Dinner at the Ritz (1937) - Plot Summary". IMDb.com.
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