The Mutiny of the Elsinore is a 1937 British action film directed by Roy Lockwood and starring Lyn Harding, Paul Lukas and Kathleen Kelly.[1] The screenplay concerns a mutiny on a ship against a brutal captain. It was an adaptation of the 1914 novel The Mutiny of the Elsinore by Jack London. It was shot at Welwyn Studios in Hertfordshire.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Duncan Sutherland.
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| Directed by | Roy Lockwood |
| Written by | Beaufoy Milton Walter Summers |
| Based on | The Mutiny of the Elsinore by Jack London |
| Produced by | John Argyle |
| Starring | Lyn Harding Paul Lukas Kathleen Kelly |
| Cinematography | Bryan Langley |
| Edited by | F.H. Bickerton |
| Music by | Guy Jones |
Production company | John Argyle Productions |
| Distributed by | Associated British Film Distributors |
Release date | 3 September 1937 |
Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot summary edit
Following a mutiny on a ship against a brutal mate, a writer who happens to be aboard as a passenger is asked to take over after the murder of the Captain.
Cast edit
- Lyn Harding as Mr. Pike
- Jiro Soneya as Wada
- Paul Lukas as Jack Pethurst
- Kathleen Kelly as Margaaret West
- Graham Soutten as Sidney Waltham
- Michael Martin Harvey as Charles Davis
- Clifford Evans as Bert Rhyne
- Conway Dixon as Captain West
- Tony Sympson as Shorty Peabody
- Pat Noonan as Murphy
- Alec Fraser as Benson
- Hamilton Keene as Twist
- William Devlin as O'Sullivan
References edit
Bibliography edit
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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