The Frog is a 1937 British crime film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Gordon Harker, Noah Beery, Jack Hawkins and Carol Goodner. The film is about the police chasing a criminal mastermind who goes by the name of The Frog, and the 1936 play version by Ian Hay. It was based on the 1925 novel The Fellowship of the Frog by Edgar Wallace. It was followed by a loose sequel The Return of the Frog, the following year. Cast Gordon Harker as Sgt. Elk Noah Beery as Joshua Broad Jack Hawkins as Captain Gordon Carol Goodner as Lola Bassano Richard Ainley as Ray Bennett Vivian Gaye as Stella Bennett Esme Percy as Philo Johnson Felix Aylmer as John Bennett Cyril Smith as PC Balder Harold Franklyn as Hagen Gordon McLeod as Chief Commissioner Julien Mitchell as John Maitland Critical reception Writing for Night and Day in 1937, Graham Greene gave the film a poor review, describing it as "badly directed [and] badly acted". Greene admitted that it did have "an old-world charm", but characterized the "well-mannered dialogue [as] dron[ing] on". Britmovie called it a "routine thriller"; while British Pictures wrote, "(it) suffers through being an adaptation of a theatre adaptation (by Ian Hay) of the original novel. Some of the exposition is clunky and at times confusing; and the direction needed someone like Walter Forde to make the most of it. Hawkins and Harker, in the roles they played on stage, hold it together." See also Mark of the Frog (1928, film serial) Der Frosch mit der Maske (1959) References External links 1937 films 1937 crime films Films based on works by Edgar Wallace Films directed by Jack Raymond Films shot at Pinewood Studios British black-and-white films British crime films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films Films set in London Films set in Essex