Checkmate

Checkmate(1935)

09/26/1935 (US)Crime1h 7m
4.8

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A fence for a gang of jewel thieves comes under suspicion from the police.

George Pearson

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A review by CinemaSerf
5.0

Written on June 19, 2022

Much better than the average crime caper, this one, and it is odd - and refreshing - to see Donald Wolfit out of his more theatrical guise. An undercover policeman takes up lodgings with a family suspected of involvement in series of jewellery heists. The father "Henry" (Felix Aylmer) is immediately suspicious as he ingratiates himself with one of his daughters and we play a cat-and-mouse game as it appears almost everyone is implicated. It's short and sweet with good performances holding it together.