Old Spanish Customers is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Lupino Lane and starring Leslie Fuller, Binnie Barnes and Drusilla Wills.[2] It was also known as Toreadors Don't Care. Val Guest has a small role; he later called the film "a terrible thing".[3]

Old Spanish Customers
Directed byLupino Lane
Written byScenario:
Syd Courtenay
Frank Launder
Edwin Greenwood
Based onstory by Syd Courtenay
& Lola Harvey
Produced byJohn Maxwell
StarringLeslie Fuller
Drusilla Wills
Binnie Barnes
CinematographyWalter Harvey
Stanley Rodwell
Edited byE.B. Jarvis
Music byMusical direction:
Idris Lewis
Production
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Distributed byWardour Films (UK)
Release date
  • 15 September 1932 (1932-09-15)
Running time
67 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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British couple Bill and Martha (Leslie Fuller and Drusilla Wills) win a trip to Spain and enjoy a series of adventures, with henpecked Bill mistaken for a famous toreador and ending up in a bullfight.

Cast

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Critical reception

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TV Guide noted "A formula plot which delivers predictable results," and gave the film two out of five stars[4]

References

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  1. ^ "BRITISH COMEDIES OF THE 1930S VOLUME 6 - British Board of Film Classification". www.bbfc.co.uk.
  2. ^ BFI.org
  3. ^ Fowler, Roy (1988). "Interview with Val Guest". British Entertainment History Project.
  4. ^ "Old Spanish Customers". TVGuide.com.

Bibliography

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  • Sutton, David R. A chorus of raspberries: British film comedy 1929-1939. University of Exeter Press, 2000.
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