The Ticket of Leave Man is a 1937 British thriller film directed by George King and starring Tod Slaughter, John Warwick and Marjorie Taylor. It was based on The Ticket-of-Leave Man, an 1863 melodrama by Tom Taylor which introduced the character Hawkshaw the Detective. It takes its name from the Ticket of leave which was issued to convicts when they were released. Plot A man is wrongly accused of a series of killings, leaving him to hunt the real murderer. Cast Tod Slaughter as The Tiger John Warwick as Robert Brierly Marjorie Taylor as May Edwards Frank Cochran as Melter Moss Robert Adair as Hawkshaw the Detective Peter Gawthorne as Joshua Gibson Jenny Lynn as Mrs. Willoughby Arthur West Payne as Sam Willoughby Norman Pierce as Maltby Billy Bray as Jackson Soundtrack References External links 1937 films 1930s thriller films British black-and-white films Films directed by George King Films scored by Jack Beaver British thriller films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films