The Last Adventurers

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The Last Adventurers
Directed byRoy Kellino
Written byDenison Clift (adapted from a story by)
Produced byHenry Passmore
StarringNiall MacGinnis
Roy Emerton
Linden Travers
CinematographyEric Cross
Edited byDavid Lean
Music byEric Ansell
Production
company
Conway Productions
Distributed bySound City Films (UK)
Release dates
  • 28 October 1937 (1937-10-28) (London, UK)
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Last Adventurers is a 1937 British drama film directed by Roy Kellino and starring Niall MacGinnis, Roy Emerton, Linden Travers and Peter Gawthorne.[1] A shipwrecked castaway is rescued by a sea captain, and then falls in love with the captain's daughter.

Cast

Critical reception

In the Radio Times, David Parkinson wrote, "It's a pity there's not much entertainment value to be had from this wonderful curio about a twice-shipwrecked castaway saved by a sea captain whose daughter he then falls in love with, much to the old tar's displeasure. What is fascinating about Roy Kellino's adventure is that it was edited, with greater tautness than it deserves, by director-in-waiting David Lean. The casting is also noteworthy, with future Carry On star Esma Cannon in a rare glamour role, and Ballard Berkeley (who would later achieve fame as the Major in Fawlty Towers) playing the heroic lead."[2]

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