Sabotage at Sea
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Directed by | Leslie S. Hiscott |
Written by | Michael Barringer |
Produced by | Elizabeth Hiscott |
Starring | Jane Carr Margaretta Scott David Hutcheson |
Cinematography | Günther Krampf |
Edited by | Peter Tanner |
Music by | W.L. Trytel |
Production companies | British National Films Shaftesbury Films |
Distributed by | Anglo-American Film Corporation (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 61 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Sabotage at Sea is a 1942 British, black-and-white, drama, mystery, war film, directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Jane Carr, Margaretta Scott, David Hutcheson and Ronald Shiner as Ernie the Cook.[1] It was produced by British National Films and Shaftesbury Films.
It has the overall format of a whodunnit but with a clear theme of protecting military secrets during the Second World War.
Synopsis
A series of vignettes introduce us to a selection of people who late turn out to be the individual suspects.
Cargo ship Captain Tracey (David Hutcheson) has discovered that enemy agents have tampered with his ship. The film follows the search for the saboteur. The unlikely scenario means that six would-be subjects are jointly kidnapped/shanghaied and kept on board while he investigates which one is the saboteur.
The suspects include both males and females including members of the shipping company (Digby & Farar) and their relatives.
The investigation tales place en route to New York.
Cast
- Diane - Jane Carr
- Jane Dighton - Margaretta Scott
- Captain Tracey - David Hutcheson
- Daphne Faber - Martita Hunt
- John Dighton - Felix Aylmer
- Chandler - Ralph Truman
- 1st Officer - Ian Fleming
- Engineer Officer - Arthur Maude
- Digby - William Hartnell
- Steward - Wally Patch
- Cook - Ronald Shiner
- Talkative Sailor at Table - Hay Petrie
Critical reception
TV Guide wrote, "the cast is handicapped by an uneventful, wordy script."[2]
References
- ^ "Sabotage at Sea (1942)". BFI. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009.
- ^ "Sabotage At Sea". TVGuide.com.
External links
- 1942 films
- 1942 drama films
- 1940s mystery drama films
- 1940s war drama films
- British black-and-white films
- British films
- English-language films
- Films directed by Leslie S. Hiscott
- British World War II propaganda films
- British mystery drama films
- British war drama films
- 1940s British film stubs
- War drama film stubs