The Great Barrier (film)

The Great Barrier
Directed by	Milton Rosmer Geoffrey Barkas
Written by	Alan Sullivan (novel) Michael Barringer Ralph Spence Emeric Pressburger Milton Rosmer
Produced by	Günther Stapenhorst
Starring	Richard Arlen Antoinette Cellier Barry MacKay Lilli Palmer
Cinematography	Sepp Allgeier Glen MacWilliams Robert Martin Arthur Crabtree
Edited by	Charles Frend Ben Hipkins
Music by	Hubert Bath Jack Beaver Louis Levy
Production company	Gaumont British
Distributed by	Gaumont British Distributors
Release date	February 1937
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Great Barrier is a 1937 British historical drama film directed by Milton Rosmer and Geoffrey Barkas and starring Richard Arlen, Lilli Palmer and Antoinette Cellier. The film depicts the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. It was based on the 1935 novel The Great Divide by Alan Sullivan. It was made at the Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush. The film's sets were designed by Walter Murton.

Cast

• Richard Arlen - Hickey
• Lilli Palmer - Lou
• Antoinette Cellier - Mary Moody
• Barry MacKay - Steve
• Roy Emerton - Moody
• J. Farrell MacDonald - Major Rogers
• Ben Welden - Joe
• Jock MacKay - Bates
• Ernest Sefton - Magistrate
• Henry Victor - Bulldog Kelly
• Reginald Barlow - James Hill
• Arthur Loft - William Van Horne
• Frank McGlynn Sr. - Sir John MacDonald

Bibliography

• Cook, Pam. Gainsborough Pictures. Cassell, 1997.

External links

• The Great Barrier at IMDb