The Cavalier of the Streets (1937)

movie

Country: UK
Genres: N/A
Release: 1937-03-01
Director: Harold French
Writers: George Barraud , Ralph Neale
Language: English
Stars: Margaret Vyner , Patrick Barr , Carl Harbord , James Craven , Laura Smithson , Renee De Vaux , Peggy Chester , Leo Genn , Jack Allen
Runtime: 70 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: The Cavalier of the Streets (United States of America) , The Cavalier of the Streets , The Cavalier of the Streets (United Kingdom)
Plot: A struggling writer is so deep in debt that he believes he'll never be able to get out of it, and is being hounded by creditors. One night during a storm he comes upon the body of a man who has been crushed by a falling tree. He sees this is an opportunity to start his life over again, and exchanges identities with the dead man. However, things don't turn out quite the way he planned--it is discovered out that the dead man wasn't crushed to death by the tree but had been murdered first, then placed there, and he is now the chief suspect in his own murder.
IMDB:tt0165134