The Crooked Billet

The Crooked Billet is a 1929 British sound part-talkie drama film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Madeleine Carroll, Carlyle Blackwell and Miles Mander.

[1] It was released in both silent and sound versions, as its production came as the industry was shifting over.

The rest of the film featured English intertitles with a synchronized musical score and sound effects.

[3] The plot has been summarized as: "An international spy searches for lost documents hidden in an old inn.

[4] The film surfaced in France in December 2021 but the BFI refused to pay the asking price, so the only known 16mm copy is owned by a French individual.