The Squeaker is a 1930 British mystery crime film directed by Edgar Wallace and starring Percy Marmont, Anne Grey and Gordon Harker. It was adapted by Wallace from his 1927 novel The Squeaker. Shot at Beaconsfield Studios, it was one of several films based on Wallace's novels made by the British Lion Film company.
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Plot
Frank Sutton employs ex-convict Captain Leslie in his office. Sutton is engaged to Beryl Steadman, but Beryl and Leslie fall in love. Seeking to put an end to this relationship, Sutton's secretary, Millie Trent, frames Leslie for a jewellery robbery. Sutton and Beryl's wedding goes ahead, and Leslie is subsequently released on bail. Beryl's foster father discovers that Sutton is actually a notorious fence known as "The Squeaker" – as well as a bigamist – and shoots him dead. In a final twist, Leslie is revealed to be an undercover Scotland Yard detective who had been tracking The Squeaker all along.
Cast
Percy Marmont as Captain Leslie
Anne Grey as Beryl Stedman
Gordon Harker as Bill Annerley
Trilby Clark as Millie Trent
Alfred Drayton as Lew Friedman
Eric Maturin as Frank Sutton
Nigel Bruce as Collie
W. Cronin Wilson as Inspector