The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1937 film)
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.
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 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
References
- ^ BFI.org
- ^ Wood p.96
- ^ Purves, Alec A. (January 1939). "The Vanishing Grain Fleet". The Meccano Magazine. XXIV (1): 7.
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
- The Mutiny of the Elsinore at IMDb
- The Mutiny of the Elsinore - complete film on Youtube