INTERFERENCE (1928) Evelyn Brent, Clive Brook & William Powell | Crime | B&W | Cinema Gem

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Interference is a 1928 American pre-Code drama film directed by Lothar Mendes, as Paramount Pictures' first feature-length all-talking motion picture. It stars Clive Brook, William Powell, Evelyn Brent, and Doris Kenyon, all making their sound film debuts. In England, when a first husband turns out not to be dead, blackmail leads to murder.

Synopsis

At a Remembrance Day service in London, Deborah Kane spots her old flame Philip Voaze who was supposedly killed during World War I. She discovers that he has actually survived the fighting and has been living under an assumed identity. Aware that his wife Faith is now remarried to Sir John Marlay, a famous heart surgeon, she tries to force Philip to return to her by threatening to reveal Faith's inadvertent bigamy. Philip eventually concludes that the only way to defend Faith's present happiness is to kill Deborah.

Cast & Crew

William Powell as Philip Voaze
Evelyn Brent as Deborah Kane
Clive Brook as Sir John Marlay
Doris Kenyon as Faith Marlay
Tom Ricketts as Charles Smith
Brandon Hurst as Inspector Haynes
Louis Payne as Childers
Wilfred Noy as Dr. Gray
Donald Stuart as Freddie
Clyde Cook as Hearse Driver

Directed by: Lothar Mendes (silent version), Roy J. Pomeroy (sound version)
Written by: Roland Pertwee (play), Harold Dearden (play), Louise Long, Hope Loring (screenplay), Ernest Pascal (dialogue), Julian Johnson (titles)
Produced by: J. G. Bachmann
Starring: Clive Brook, William Powell, Evelyn Brent
Cinematography: Henry W. Gerrard, Farciot Edouart, J. R. Hunt
Edited by: George Nichols Jr.
Music by: W. Franke Harling
Production Company: Paramount Pictures
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Release Dates: November 16, 1928 (New York City), January 5, 1929 (US)
Running Time: 10 reels
Country: United States
Languages: English (sound version), Silent version with English intertitles