Full Speed Ahead (1936 film)

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Full Speed Ahead
Directed byLawrence Huntington
Written by
Produced byLawrence Huntington
Starring
CinematographyStanley Grant
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • November 1936 (1936-11)
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Full Speed Ahead is a 1936 British drama film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Paul Neville, Moira Lynd and Richard Norris. The film was made at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie for distribution by the Hollywood company Paramount Pictures.[1] It is also known by the alternative title Full Steam Ahead.

Synopsis

A couple elope on a ship, only to discover that the dishonest captain plans to scuttle it for insurance purposes.

Cast

  • Paul Neville as Captain Murton
  • Moira Lynd as Jean Hunter
  • Richard Norris as Tim Brent
  • George Mozart as Chief Smith
  • Geoffrey Clark as Dunn
  • Victor Hagen as Smith
  • George Turner as Oily Short
  • Arthur Seaton as Irving Hunter
  • Julian Vedey as Mendoza
  • Syd Crossley as Muggridge
  • Arthur Brander as Alec Goodhill
  • Dorothy Dewhurst as Mrs. Meddlecott
  • Frederick Peisley as Michael Elwood

References

  1. ^ Chibnall p.288

Bibliography

  • Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The British of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

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