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Apr 14, 2018 - 6:47 PM
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RonBurbella
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I've never seen it. Here's what Leonard Maltin's CLASSIC MOVIE GUIDE says about it:
SQUEAKER, THE (1937-British) 77m. ***
D: William K. Howard. Edmond Lowe, Sebastian Shaw, Ann Todd, Tamara Desni,
Robert Newton, Alastair Sim. Classy cast in first-rate Edgar Wallace mystery about
disgraced inspector Lowe trying to reform and catch infamous jewelry fence known
as "the Squeaker." Good, compact AlexanderKorda production. Aka MURDER ON
DIAMOND ROW.
Maltin lists the film as released on VHS. I looked. It was. There was a single copy for sale on eBay. Sold.
But, if you look at the eBay photo, the folks that released the VHS had a website devoted to this kind of stuff.
Soooo, so I looked them up. Hey, they're still in business!! Interesting site. Take a look.
www.sinistercinema.com
Then I searched for "The Squeaker" in their search slot.
I'll be damned - there "The Squeaker" was on DVD for $12.95. [ I couldn't resist. Early Rozsa!]
Their blurb about the film (from the VHS eBay listing) said:
1. THE SQUEAKER - A mysterious fence of stolen gems is hated both by Scotland Yard and the underworld.
The first because he is elusive and the second because he betrays those who will not sell to him at his own price. Inspector Barrabal, once one of the Yard's smartest and most-respected men, but now a disgraced drunk, is given a chance to make a comeback by rounding up The Squeaker.
Not a bad bit of detective work for a Saturday night, eh?
I guess that I'll have to see the film to find out why he's called "the Squeaker."
Maybe he had squeaky shoes? 
Wait a minute!! This is a British film. Mayyyybe "the Squeaker" is one of those cutesy-poo British terms we Yanks don't use. Okay, I have my 2662-page Webster's International Dictionary that I haven't needed to open to look up a slang British term since the last Harry Potter book, so I gave it a whirl. Right at the end of the entry was: Squeaker (Brit): one that betrays. There you go.
Ron Burbella
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A number of early Rozsa films have been released on video:
THE DIVORCE OF LADY X, which is in color, and stars Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier, in a wan divorce comedy, with an equally wan score.
I had THUNDER IN THE CITY on VHS, with Edward G. Robinson as an American businessman in London. But not a particularly memorable score.
SUNDOWN has some nice music, and was available in video at one point.
Same for JACARE’, which is music for a Frank Buck South American wildlife documentary, but the sound is so badly garbled that it’s difficult to assess the music.
And I seem to have seen THE GREEN COCKATOO on video, but don’t remember the scire.
Check out a website called SINISTER CINEMA; they specialize in releasing obscure films, though often on DVR copies. Still, they’re one of the only sources for these things. (They even have a lot of old sword-and-sandal movies, many in widescreen.)
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