The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1937 film)
The Mutiny of the Elsinore | |
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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 |
The Mutiny of the Elsinore is a 1937 British action film directed by Roy Lockwood and starring Lyn Harding, Paul Lukas and Kathleen Kelly. 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. The film's sets were designed by the art director Duncan Sutherland.
Plot summary
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
- 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