The Shipbuilders

1943 film

George Blake (novel)
Stephen Potter
Reginald Pound
Gordon Wellesley

Produced byJohn BaxterStarring

Clive Brook
Morland Graham
Finlay Currie

CinematographyJames WilsonEdited byVi BurdonMusic byKennedy Russell

Production
company

British National Films

Distributed byAnglo-American Film Corporation (UK)

Release dates

14 December 1943 (1943-12-14) (London, England)

Running time

90 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

The Shipbuilders is a 1943 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Clive Brook, Morland Graham and Nell Ballantyne.^[1] The film is set in a Clyde shipyard in the build-up to the Second World War.^[2] It was made by British National Films and shot at Elstree Studios. It was based on the 1935 novel of the same name by George Blake.^[3]

Cast

Clive Brook as Leslie Pagan
Morland Graham as Danny Shields
Nell Ballantyne as Mrs. Shields
Finlay Currie as McWain
Maudie Edwards as Lizzie
Geoffrey Hibbert as Peter Shields
Allan Jeayes as Ralph
Moira Lister as Rita
Frederick Leister as Mr. Villier
Gus McNaughton as Jim
John Turnbull as Baird
Ian Sadler
Bertram Wallis as Caven Watson
James Woodburn
Beckett Bould
Patric Curwen
Michael Gainsborough
Emrys Jones
David Keir
Ian McLean
Dudley Paul
Walter Roy
David Trickett
C. Denier Warren
Alec Faversham

Critical reception

TV Guide gave the film two out of four stars, calling it a "Well-made story."^[4] while Allmovie noted "a rare film of true merit from prolific British "quota quickie" director John Baxter," concluding that "Actual footage shipbuilders at work give this hastily assembled patriotic exercise a veneer of reality."^[5]

References

^ "The Shipbuilders (1944)". Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
^ "The Shipbuilders – review - cast and crew, movie star rating and where to watch film on TV and online". Radio Times.
^ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
^ "The Shipbuilders - TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
^ "The Shipbuilders (1943) - John Baxter - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.