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Directed by | Leslie S. Hiscott |
Written by | Michael Barringer |
Produced by | Elizabeth Hiscott |
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Cinematography | Günther Krampf |
Edited by | Peter Tanner |
Music by | W.L. Trytel |
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Distributed by | Anglo-American Film Corporation (UK) |
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Running time | 61 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Sabotage at Sea is a 1942 British, black-and-white, drama, mystery, war film, directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Jane Carr, Margaretta Scott, David Hutcheson and Ronald Shiner as Ernie the Cook. [1] It was produced by British National Films and Shaftesbury Films.
It has the overall format of a whodunnit but with a clear theme of protecting military secrets during the Second World War.
A series of vignettes introduce us to a selection of people who late turn out to be the individual suspects.
Cargo ship Captain Tracey ( David Hutcheson) has discovered that enemy agents have tampered with his ship. The film follows the search for the saboteur. The unlikely scenario means that six would-be subjects are jointly kidnapped/shanghaied and kept on board while he investigates which one is the saboteur.
The suspects include both males and females including members of the shipping company (Digby & Farar) and their relatives.
The investigation tales place en route to New York.
TV Guide wrote, "the cast is handicapped by an uneventful, wordy script." [2]
Sabotage at Sea | |
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Directed by | Leslie S. Hiscott |
Written by | Michael Barringer |
Produced by | Elizabeth Hiscott |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Günther Krampf |
Edited by | Peter Tanner |
Music by | W.L. Trytel |
Production companies |
|
Distributed by | Anglo-American Film Corporation (UK) |
Release date |
|
Running time | 61 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Sabotage at Sea is a 1942 British, black-and-white, drama, mystery, war film, directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Jane Carr, Margaretta Scott, David Hutcheson and Ronald Shiner as Ernie the Cook. [1] It was produced by British National Films and Shaftesbury Films.
It has the overall format of a whodunnit but with a clear theme of protecting military secrets during the Second World War.
A series of vignettes introduce us to a selection of people who late turn out to be the individual suspects.
Cargo ship Captain Tracey ( David Hutcheson) has discovered that enemy agents have tampered with his ship. The film follows the search for the saboteur. The unlikely scenario means that six would-be subjects are jointly kidnapped/shanghaied and kept on board while he investigates which one is the saboteur.
The suspects include both males and females including members of the shipping company (Digby & Farar) and their relatives.
The investigation tales place en route to New York.
TV Guide wrote, "the cast is handicapped by an uneventful, wordy script." [2]