Admirals All

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Admirals All
Directed by Victor Hanbury
Written byIan Hay
Stephen King-Hall
Based on Admirals All
by Ian Hay and Stephen King-Hall
Produced by John Stafford
Starring Wynne Gibson
Gordon Harker
Anthony Bushell
George Curzon
Music by Jack Beaver
Production
company
John Stafford Productions
Distributed by RKO Pictures
Release date
  • 13 June 1935 (1935-06-13)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Admirals All is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Victor Hanbury and starring Wynne Gibson, Gordon Harker, Anthony Bushell and George Curzon. It was based on the 1934 play of the same title by Ian Hay and Stephen King-Hall. [1]

Contents

Premise

A temperamental female film star (Gibson) arrives in China to film her next movie, but becomes inadvertently involved with local bandits.

Cast

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