Luck of the Navy

1938 film directed by Norman Lee

Geoffrey Toone
Judy Kelly
Clifford Evans

CinematographyWalter J. HarveyEdited byWalter StokvisMusic byHarry Acres

Production
company

Associated British Picture Corporation

Distributed byAssociated British Film Distributors

Release date

November 1938 (1938-11)

Running time

64 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Luck of the Navy is a 1938 British comedy thriller film directed by Norman Lee and starring Geoffrey Toone, Judy Kelly and Clifford Evans.^[1] Shot at Elstree Studios^[2] 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

^ "Luck of the Navy (1938) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
^ Wood p.98

Bibliography

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

External links

Luck of the Navy at IMDb

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