The Big Blockade

The Big Blockade
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Charles Frend
Produced by	Michael Balcon
Written by	Charles Frend Angus McPhail
Starring	Leslie Banks Will Hay John Mills Michael Redgrave Ronald Shiner
Music by	Richard Addinsell orchestrated by Roy Douglas
Cinematography	Wilkie Cooper Douglas Slocombe
Editing by	Compton Bennett Charles Crichton
Distributed by	Ealing Studios
Release date(s)	19 January 1942 (1942-01-19)
Running time	73 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Big Blockade is a 1942 British black-and-white comedy-drama, war propaganda film. It was directed by Charles Frend and stars Will Hay, Ronald Shiner and John Mills. It was produced by Ealing Studios. The film was made in collaboration with the Ministry of Economic Warfare.

Plot

This is mockumentary, in which the success of the economic blockade of Nazi Germany is highlighted in a humorous manner via a series of sketches.

Partial cast

• Leslie Banks - Taylor
• Michael Redgrave - Russian
• Will Hay - Skipper of the Royal Navy
• John Mills - Tom
• Frank Cellier - Schneider
• Robert Morley - Von Geiselbrecht
• Ronald Shiner - the Shipping Clerk
• Bernard Rebel - Quisling

External links

• The Big Blockade at AllRovi
• The Big Blockade at the BFI Film & TV Database
• The Big Blockade at the Internet Movie Database