The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1937 film)

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The Mutiny of the Elsinore
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Directed by Roy Lockwood
Written byBeaufoy Milton
Walter Summers
Based on The Mutiny of the Elsinore by Jack London
Produced by John Argyle
Starring Lyn Harding
Paul Lukas
Kathleen Kelly
Cinematography Bryan Langley
Edited byF.H. Bickerton
Music byGuy Jones
Production
company
John Argyle Productions
Distributed by Associated British Film Distributors
Release date
3 September 1937
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Mutiny of the Elsinore is a 1937 British action film directed by Roy Lockwood and starring Lyn Harding, Paul Lukas and Kathleen Kelly. [1] The screenplay concerns a mutiny on a ship against a brutal captain. It was an adaptation of the 1914 novel The Mutiny of the Elsinore by Jack London. It was shot at Welwyn Studios in Hertfordshire. [2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Duncan Sutherland.

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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.

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References

  1. BFI.org
  2. Wood p.96

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