Cyril Butcher

Early British thriller about a master criminal named 'Flash Jack', who heads a gang of top-hatted thieves that rob the wealthy. A detective tracks the crimes to a posh night club.

A short comedy made to present Film Weekly acting scholarship winners Cyril Butcher and Aileen Despard, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and shown at the London Palladium in January 1930. Produced for British International Pictures, the film is believed to be lost.