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.[1] It was based on a 1928 novel by Edgar Wallace, which had been previously filmed under the same title in 1929 (silent) and1932.
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| Directed by | Herbert Brenon |
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| Produced by | Walter C. Mycroft |
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| Music by | Marr Mackie |
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| Distributed by | Pathé Pictures International |
Release date | 14 October 1940 |
Running time | 64 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot edit
Officers of the Flying Squad attempt to tackle a drug-smuggling organisation.
Cast edit
- 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 edit
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Not very good."[2]
TV Guide wrote, "routine stuff, just as unimaginatively done here as it was in the 1932 film of the same name".[3]
References edit
- ^ "The Flying Squad". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 209. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.
- ^ "The Flying Squad". TV Guide.
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