Sabotage at Sea
{{Short description|1942 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Sabotage at Sea
| image = File:Sabotage at Sea.jpg
| caption = Richard Hearne
| director = Leslie S. Hiscott
| producer = Elizabeth Hiscott
| writer = Michael Barringer
| based_on =
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Jane Carr|Margaretta Scott|David Hutcheson}}
| music = W.L. Trytel
| cinematography = Günther Krampf
| editing = Peter Tanner
| studio = {{ubl|British National Films|Shaftesbury Films}}
| distributor = Anglo-American Film Corporation (UK)
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1942|09|07|UK}}
| runtime = 61 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/49108?view=cast|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115082320/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/49108?view=cast|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-01-15|title=Sabotage at Sea (1942)|work=BFI}} 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.
Synopsis
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.
Cast
- Jane Carr as Diane
- Margaretta Scott as Jane Dighton
- David Hutcheson as Captain Tracey
- Martita Hunt as Daphne Faber
- Felix Aylmer as John Dighton
- Ralph Truman as Chandler
- Ian Fleming as 1st Officer
- Arthur Maude as Engineer Officer
- William Hartnell as Digby
- Wally Patch as Steward
- Ronald Shiner as Cook
- Hay Petrie as Talkative Sailor at Table
Critical reception
TV Guide wrote, "the cast is handicapped by an uneventful, wordy script."{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/sabotage-at-sea/review/116482/|title=Sabotage At Sea|work=TVGuide.com}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20210519224856/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b4cf333 Sabotage at Sea] at the British Film Institute{{better source needed|reason=Help request: a live link can be searched for at https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/search/expert - if available, replace the archive URL with the live link. Or if none found, remove this 'better source needed' template. | date=October 2023}}
- {{IMDb title|0035278}}
{{Leslie S. Hiscott}}
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Category:1940s mystery drama films
Category:1940s war drama films
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:1940s English-language films
Category:Films directed by Leslie S. Hiscott
Category:British World War II propaganda films
Category:British mystery drama films
Category:British war drama films
Category:Films scored by William Trytel
Category:English-language war drama films
Category:English-language mystery drama films
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