The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1937 film)

For the French film, see The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1936 film).

The Mutiny of the Elsinore
Directed byRoy Lockwood
Written byBeaufoy Milton
Walter Summers
Based onThe Mutiny of the Elsinore by Jack London
Produced byJohn Argyle
StarringLyn Harding
Paul Lukas
Kathleen Kelly
CinematographyBryan Langley
Edited byF.H. Bickerton
Music byGuy Jones
Production
company
John Argyle Productions
Distributed byAssociated British Film Distributors
Release date
  • 3 September 1937 (1937-09-03)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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

References

  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ Wood p.96
  3. ^ 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.


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