Top billed cast

1. 

   Leslie Banks

   Taylor

2. 

   Michael Redgrave

   Russian

3. 

   Will Hay

   Skipper

4. 

   John Mills

   Tom

5. 

   Bernard Miles

   Royal Navy Mate

6. 

   Michael Rennie

   George

7. 

   Frank Cellier

   Schneider

8. 

   Robert Morley

   Von Geiselbrecht

9. 

   Alfred Drayton

   Direktor

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-26

When watching this film, I think it imperative that you cast your mind (or imagination) back to just how precarious things were in Britain in 1942. The pack-hunting U-boat tactics operational in the Atlantic were proving effective for the Nazis, and causing significant shortages. It is against that backdrop that the usually jocular Will Hay takes on the more serious role of a Royal Navy Captain working on a blockade of supplies reaching the Reich. Ably assisted by Bernard Miles and a cast of thousands including John Mills, Leslie Banks, Michael Rennie and their on-screen counterparts Albert Li...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• propaganda
• world war ii