Luck of the Navy

{{short description|1938 film directed by Norman Lee}}

{{for|1927 film adapted from the same play|The Luck of the Navy (film)}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Luck of the Navy

| image = Luck of the Navy.jpg

| caption =

| director = Norman Lee

| producer = Walter C. Mycroft

| based_on = {{based on|The Luck of the Navy|Clifford Mills}}

| writer = Clifford Grey

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Geoffrey Toone|Judy Kelly|Clifford Evans}}

| music = Harry Acres

| cinematography = Walter J. Harvey

| editing = Walter Stokvis

| studio = Associated British Picture Corporation

| distributor = Associated British Film Distributors

| released = {{Film date|1938|11}}

| runtime = 64 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =£30,564{{cite magazine|title=‘The highest salary ever paid to a human being’: Creating a Database of Film Costs from the Bank of England |last=Chapman|first= Llewella|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|magazine=Journal of British cinema and television, 2022-10|volume=19|number=4|page=470-494 at 480}}

| gross =

}}

Luck of the Navy is a 1938 British comedy thriller film directed by Norman Lee and starring Geoffrey Toone, Judy Kelly and Clifford Evans.{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/40992 |title=Luck of the Navy (1938) | BFI |website=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2017-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023010148/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/40992 |archive-date=23 October 2012 |url-status=dead }} Shot at Elstree StudiosWood p.98 it was based on the play The Luck of the Navy by Mrs Clifford Mills and is also known by the alternative title of North Sea Patrol.

Plot

With Britain on the brink of war, an enemy spy plans to steal secret documents and lay the blame on Clive Stanton.

Cast

References

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Bibliography

  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.