Anthony Hankey

“Comedy of a little man forced by chance into a big jewel robbery.” - BFI.

With the police on their tail, a gang of New York criminals decided to relocate to London where they plan a major robbery on a department store.

A cleaner salesman finds himself campaigning for both sides in an election.

Tony and his dance partner/wife Gaby headline a Paris musical. Tony becomes the unwilling target for the attentions of performer Yvette. She is later murdered with the dagger used by Tony and his wife in their act, and Gaby is accused of the crime.

A Smithfield porter becomes a butler, and later finds himself heir to a fortune.

A well-known actor is murdered. Another performer becomes an amateur sleuth so she can prove her sister is innocent of the crime.

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Two young men start a business selling a homemade hangover recipe.

“Professor Calthrop, actuated only by scientific motives, and his assistant, out for his own gain, have invented a system for the manufacture of diamonds.” - BFI.

"Too Dangerous to Live" is a 1939 British crime film directed by Anthony Hankey and Leslie Norman and starring Sebastian Shaw, Anna Konstam and Reginald Tate. It was based on the novel Crime Unlimited by David Hume. A private detective goes undercover by joining a gang of burglars.