Ticket of Leave

Ticket of Leave is a 1936 British crime film directed by Michael Hankinson and starring Dorothy Boyd, John Clements and George Merritt. It was made as a quota quickie at British and Dominions Elstree Studios by the British subsidiary of Paramount Pictures. The screenplay concerns a woman who joins forces with a criminal after he robs her flat. The title refers to the ticket of leave given to prisoners when they were released from jail. Cast Dorothy Boyd as Lillian Walters John Clements as Lucky Fisher George Merritt as Inspector Black Max Kirby as Goodman Wally Patch as Sergeant Knott Enid Lindsey as Edith Groves J. Neil More as Sir Richard Groves Molly Hamley-Clifford as Old Rose References Bibliography Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007. Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.