Second to None (film)

Second to None
Directed by	Jack Raymond
Written by	Lydia Hayward
Produced by	Dinah Shurey
Starring	Moore Marriott Ian Fleming Benita Hume
Production company	Britannia Films
Distributed by	Gaumont British Distributors
Release date	22 August 1927 (1927-08-22)
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Second to None is a 1927 British silent war film ^[1] directed by Jack Raymond and starring Moore Marriott, Ian Fleming and Benita Hume. ^[2] The screenplay concerns a naval family who come under strain when their son goes absent without leave to settle a domestic problem with his wife.

Cast

• Moore Marriott as Bill Hyde
• Ian Fleming as Brian Douglas
• Benita Hume as Ina
• Mickey Brantford as Bill, as child
• Aggie Brantford as Ina, as child
• Alf Goddard as Curley
• Johnny Butt as Tubby
• A.B. Imeson as Levine
• Daisy Campbell as Mrs Hyde
• Tom Coventry as Old Lemon

References

1. Second to None! (1927). British Pathé. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
2. Low p.444

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. The History of the British Film 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

• Second to None at IMDb