Luck of the Navy

For 1927 film adapted from the same play, see The Luck of the Navy (film).

Luck of the Navy
Directed by	Norman Lee
Written by	Clifford Grey
Based on	The Luck of the Navy by Clifford Mills
Produced by	Walter C. Mycroft
Starring	Geoffrey Toone Judy Kelly Clifford Evans
Cinematography	Walter J. Harvey
Edited by	Walter Stokvis
Music by	Harry Acres
Production company	Associated British Picture Corporation
Distributed by	Associated British Film Distributors
Release date	November 1938 (1938-11)
Running time	64 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£30,564[1]

Luck of the Navy is a 1938 British comedy thriller film directed by Norman Lee and starring Geoffrey Toone, Judy Kelly and Clifford Evans.[2] Shot at Elstree Studios[3] 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

• Geoffrey Toone as Commander Clive Stanton
• Judy Kelly as Cynthia Maybridge
• Clifford Evans as Lieutenant Peel
• John Wood as Sub Lieutenant Eden
• Albert Burdon as Noakes
• Alf Goddard as Tomkins
• Henry Oscar as Perrin
• Kenneth Kent as Colonel Suvaroff
• Marguerite Allan as Anna Suvaroff
• Edmund Breon as Admiral Maybridge
• Doris Hare as Mrs Maybridge
• Daphne Raglan as Dora Maybridge
• Olga Lindo as Mrs Rance
• Diana Beaumont as Millie
• Leslie Perrins as Briggs
• Frank Fox as François
• Joan Fred Emney as Cook
• Ronald Adam as Enemy Ship's Captain

References

1. Chapman, Llewella. "'The highest salary ever paid to a human being': Creating a Database of Film Costs from the Bank of England". Journal of British cinema and television, 2022-10. Vol. 19, no. 4. Edinburgh University Press. p. 470-494 at 480.
2. "Luck of the Navy (1938) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
3. Wood p.98

Bibliography

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

External links

• Luck of the Navy at IMDb