07 Dec 2001
The 51st State
An American master chemist plans to score big on a once in a lifetime drug deal. All does not go as planned and he is soon entangled in a web of deceit.
Cotton Queen
The niece of a mill-owner goes undercover in the mill of a rival, where she gets mixed up in romantic antics.
Top Billed Cast
Mary Lawson Joan Todcastle
Stanley Holloway Sam Owen
Will Fyffe Bill Todcastle
Helen Haye Margaret Owen
Jimmy Hanley Jack Owen
Marcelle Rogez Zita De La Rue
C. Denier Warren Joseph Cotter (as Denier Warren)
D.J. Williams Thompson
Syd Crossley Shearman
Elsie Wagstaff Emily
Gibson Gowland Gaoler
Mike Johnson Hawkins
Sam Wilkinson Entwistle
Doris Bowers Cotton Queen
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