Command Performance
5.8
Arthur Tracy and Lilli Palmer star in this 1930's British romantic drama. With his voice faltering due to nerves, celebrated stage performer "The Street Singer" (Tracy) parts company with the theatre and goes to live in a gypsy camp where he meets and falls in love with Susan (Palmer), an attractive young woman who is unaware of his fame.
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Arthur Tracy
The Street Singer
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Lilli Palmer
Susan
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Mark Daly
Joe Penny
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Finlay Currie
Al, Arthur's Manager
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Jack Melford
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Stafford Hilliard
Sam
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Julian Vedey
Toni
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Phyllis Stanley
Olga
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Rae Collett
Betty
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Peter Madden
Reporter
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Andreas Malandrinos
Film Director
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Sinclair Hill Director · George Pearson Screenplay Michael Hankinson Screenplay
First release August 19, 1937 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
Grosvenor Films
Production
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · August 19, 1937
Premiere · London
No release date listed for United States.
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