Dinner at the Ritz

Produced byRobert KaneStarringCinematographyPhilip TannuraEdited byJames B. ClarkMusic byDistributed by20th Century Fox77 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Dinner at the Ritz is a 1937 British mystery romance film directed by Harold D. Schuster and starring David Niven, Annabella, and Paul Lukas.^[1] It was produced by the British branch of 20th Century Fox, and shot at Denham Studios.

Synopsis

The daughter of a banker is engaged to marry one of her father's colleagues. However, her father inadvertently discovers his soon-to-be son-in-law is in fact one of the men who have misappropriated his bank's funds. While confronting Baron de Beaufort, Mr. Racine is shot; his daughter refuses to believe that his death was a suicide. Traveling in disguise and helped by a fraud investigator, she tracks those among his colleagues who looted his bank.^[2]

Cast

• Annabella as Ranie Racine
• David Niven as Paul de Brack
• Paul Lukas as Baron Philip de Beaufort
• Romney Brent as Jimmy Raine
• Francis L. Sullivan as Brogard
• Stewart Rome as Racine
• Frederick Leister as Tarade
• William Dewhurst as Devine
• Tyrell Davis as Duval
• Vivienne Chatterton as Marthe
• Ronald Shiner as Sydney
• Nora Swinburne as Lady Railton
• Raymond Huntley as Gibout
• Ralph Truman as Auctioneer
• O. B. Clarence as Messenger (uncredited)
• Frederick Culley as (uncredited)
• Patricia Medina as (uncredited)
• Bill Shine as (Minor role, uncredited)

References

External links

• Dinner at the Ritz at AllMovie
• Dinner at the Ritz at the British Film Institute^{[better source needed]}
• Dinner at the Ritz at IMDb