The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1937 film)
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The Mutiny of the Elsinore is a 1937 British
action film
directed by Roy Lockwood
and starring Lyn Harding
, Jiro Soneya and Paul Lukas
. Following a mutiny on a ship against a brutal captain, a writer who happens to be aboard as a passenger is asked to take over. It was an adaptation of the novel The Mutiny of the Elsinore
by Jack London
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Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
action film
Action film
Action film is a film genre where one or more heroes is thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases...
directed by Roy Lockwood
Roy Lockwood
Roy Lockwood, was a pioneering British film, television and radio director.-Filmography:*1930 Counterpoint*1934 Airport*1937 The Mutiny of the Elsinore*1940 The Invisible Man Returns*1957 Jamboree-External links:...
and starring Lyn Harding
Lyn Harding
Lyn Harding was a Welsh actor who spent 40 years on the stage before entering British made silent films, talkies and radio...
, Jiro Soneya and Paul Lukas
Paul Lukas
Paul Lukas was an Austrian-Hungarian-born actor.-Biography:Born Pál Lukács in Budapest, he arrived in Hollywood in 1927 after a successful stage and film career in Hungary, Germany and Austria where he worked with Max Reinhardt. He made his stage debut in Budapest in 1916 and his film debut in 1917...
. Following a mutiny on a ship against a brutal captain, a writer who happens to be aboard as a passenger is asked to take over. It was an adaptation of the novel The Mutiny of the Elsinore
The Mutiny of the Elsinore (novel)
The Mutiny of the Elsinore is a novel by the American writer Jack London first published in 1914. After death of the captain, the crew of a ship split between the two senior surviving mates. During the conflict, the narrator developes as a strong character, rather as in The Sea-Wolf...
by Jack London
Jack London
John Griffith "Jack" London was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone...
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Cast
- Lyn HardingLyn HardingLyn Harding was a Welsh actor who spent 40 years on the stage before entering British made silent films, talkies and radio...
- Mr. Pike - Jiro Soneya - Wada
- Paul LukasPaul LukasPaul Lukas was an Austrian-Hungarian-born actor.-Biography:Born Pál Lukács in Budapest, he arrived in Hollywood in 1927 after a successful stage and film career in Hungary, Germany and Austria where he worked with Max Reinhardt. He made his stage debut in Budapest in 1916 and his film debut in 1917...
- Jack Pethurst - Kathleen Kelly - Margaaret West
- Graham Soutten - Sidney Waltham
- Michael Martin HarveyMichael Martin HarveyMichael Martin Harvey was a British actor. He was the son of John Martin-Harvey.-Selected filmography:* The Drum * Bedelia * The Monkey's Paw * The Case of Charles Peace * Torment...
- Charles Davis - Clifford EvansClifford EvansClifford Evans was a Welsh actor. As a conscientious objector he served in the Non-Combatant Corps in World War II.During the summer of 1934 he appeared in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Open Air Theatre in London....
- Bert Rhyne - Conway Dixon - Captain West
- Tony Sympson - Shorty Peabody
- Pat NoonanPat NoonanPat Noonan is an American soccer player who last played for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer.-College and Amateur:...
- Murphy - Alec FraserAlec Fraser-Selected filmography:* The Woman with the Fan * The Woman of His Dream * The Knave of Diamonds * A Gamble in Lives * The Lure * The Great Defender * The Mystery of the Marie Celeste...
- Benson - Hamilton Keene - Twist
- William DevlinWilliam DevlinWilliam Alexander Devlin was a professional footballer, who played for Cowdenbeath, Huddersfield Town and Liverpool....
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