Breakers Ahead (1935 film)

Breakers Ahead
Directed by	Anthony Gilkison
Written by	Anthony Gilkison
Produced by	Fraser Foulsham
Starring	Barry Livesey Roddy Hughes Cicely Oates
Music by	Charles Cowlrick Hubert Bath
Production company	Anglo-Cosmopolitan Productions
Distributed by	Reunion Films
Release date	February 1935 (1935-02)
Running time	58 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Breakers Ahead is a 1935 British drama film directed by Anthony Gilkison and starring Barry Livesey, Roddy Hughes and Cicely Oates. ^[1] It was produced at Shepperton Studios as a quota quickie and is also known by the alternative title The Lady of Pendower. ^[2] It included scenes of Cornish wrestling featuring Francis Gregory.

Scenes were shot at St Winwaloe's Church, Gunwalloe and Gwithian Sands and hundreds of local people from Penzance were used as extras. ^[3]

Synopsis

In Cornwall two fishermen are bitter rivals. One unsuccessfully tries to drown another. However he later redeems himself by saving the other during a storm at the cost of his own life.

Cast

• Barry Livesey as George Kenyon
• April Vivian as Stella Trevarthon
• Billy Holland as Bob Pentreath
• Roddy Hughes as Will
• Cicely Oates as Aunt Martha
• Richard Worth as Skipper
• Francis Gregory as Champion Cornish wrestler ^[4]

References

1. Wood p.81
2. Chibnall p.282
3. "Film-making in Cornwall: Wedding Scene in Gunwalloe Church". The West Briton . 5 July 1934. p. 13. Archived from the original on 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025– via Newspapers.com.
4. Cornish wrestling in Lady of Pendower, Kinematograph Weekly, 28 June 1934, p37-38.

Bibliography

• Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• Breakers Ahead at IMDb