Barnacle Bill (1935 film)
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Barnacle Bill is a 1935 British drama film
directed by Harry Hughes
and starring Archie Pitt, Joan Gardner
and Gus McNaughton
. A conflicted sailor tries to balance his family life with his time at sea.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Harry Hughes
Harry Hughes
Harry Roe Hughes , a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 57th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1979 to 1987.-Early life and family:...
and starring Archie Pitt, Joan Gardner
Joan Gardner
Joan Gardner was a British actress. She married Zoltán Korda and had a son, David.Joan was born in Chesham, Bucks, UK. She made her stage debut immediately on leaving school and by age 18 had achieved success there...
and Gus McNaughton
Gus McNaughton
Gus McNaughton was an English film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1930 and 1947.He was born in London and died in Castor, Cambridgeshire.-Selected filmography:* Children of Chance...
. A conflicted sailor tries to balance his family life with his time at sea.
Cast
- Archie Pitt - Bill Harris
- Joan GardnerJoan GardnerJoan Gardner was a British actress. She married Zoltán Korda and had a son, David.Joan was born in Chesham, Bucks, UK. She made her stage debut immediately on leaving school and by age 18 had achieved success there...
- Jill Harris - Gus McNaughtonGus McNaughtonGus McNaughton was an English film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1930 and 1947.He was born in London and died in Castor, Cambridgeshire.-Selected filmography:* Children of Chance...
- Jack Baron - Jean Adrienne - Mary Bailey
- Sybil JasonSybil JasonSybil Jason was a motion-picture child actress who, in the late 1930s, was presented as a rival to Shirley Temple.-Career:...
- Jill as a child - Denis O'Neil - Shorty
- O. B. Clarence - Uncle George
- Henrietta WatsonHenrietta Watson-Selected filmography:* Creeping Shadows * Jealousy * Collision * A Shot in the Dark * The Pointing Finger * Things Are Looking Up * Barnacle Bill * The Guv'nor...
- Aunt Julia - Minnie RaynerMinnie Rayner-Selected filmography:* The Old Curiosity Shop * If Youth But Knew * The Sleeping Cardinal * The Missing Rembrandt * The Veteran of Waterloo * I Lived with You * Excess Baggage...
- Mrs Bailey - Iris Darbyshire - Florrie
- Tully Comber - Harry Fordyce