The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1937 film)
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Directed byRoy Lockwood
Written byBeaufoy Milton
Walter Summers
Walter Summers
Based onThe Mutiny of the Elsinore by Jack London
Produced byJohn Argyle
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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 |
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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.[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] and on location on board the Padua at Funchal.[3] The film's sets were designed by the art director Duncan Sutherland.
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 Margaret 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
