The Flying Squad (1940 film)

For other films with the same title, see The Flying Squad.

The Flying Squad
Directed by	Herbert Brenon
Written by	Edgar Wallace (novel) Doreen Montgomery
Produced by	Walter C. Mycroft
Starring	Sebastian Shaw Phyllis Brooks Jack Hawkins Basil Radford
Cinematography	Claude Friese-Greene Walter J. Harvey
Edited by	Monica Kimick Lionel Tomlinson
Music by	Marr Mackie
Production company	Associated British Picture Corporation
Distributed by	Pathé Pictures International
Release date	14 October 1940 (1940-10-14)
Running time	64 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Flying Squad, also known as Edgar Wallace's The Flying Squad is a 1940 British crime film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Sebastian Shaw, Phyllis Brooks and Jack Hawkins. It was based on a 1928 novel by Edgar Wallace, which had been previously filmed under the same title in 1929 (silent) and 1932.

Plot

Officers of the Flying Squad attempt to tackle a drug-smuggling organisation.

Cast

• Sebastian Shaw as Inspector Bradley
• Phyllis Brooks as Ann Perryman
• Jack Hawkins as Mark McGill
• Basil Radford as Sederman
• Ludwig Stössel as Li Yoseph
• Manning Whiley as Ronnie Perryman
• Kathleen Harrison as Mrs. Schifan
• Cyril Smith as Tiser
• Henry Oscar as Sir Edward, Police Commissioner
• Kynaston Reeves as Magistrate
• Allan Jeayes as Johnson

Critical reception

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Not very good."

TV Guide wrote, "routine stuff, just as unimaginatively done here as it was in the 1932 film of the same name".

External links

• The Flying Squad at IMDb