The Shipbuilders

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The Shipbuilders
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Directed by John Baxter
Written by
Produced byJohn Baxter
Starring
Cinematography James Wilson
Edited byVi Burdon
Music by Kennedy Russell
Production
company
Distributed byAnglo-American Film Corporation (UK)
Release dates
  • 14 December 1943 (1943-12-14)(London, England)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Shipbuilders is a 1943 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Clive Brook, Morland Graham and Nell Ballantyne. [1] The film is set in a Clyde shipyard in the build-up to the Second World War. [2] It was made by British National Films and shot at Elstree Studios. It was based on the 1935 novel of the same name by George Blake. [3]

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Cast

Critical reception

TV Guide gave the film two out of four stars, calling it a "Well-made story." [4] while Allmovie noted "a rare film of true merit from prolific British "quota quickie" director John Baxter," concluding that "Actual footage shipbuilders at work give this hastily assembled patriotic exercise a veneer of reality." [5]

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References

  1. "The Shipbuilders (1944)". Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
  2. "The Shipbuilders – review - cast and crew, movie star rating and where to watch film on TV and online". Radio Times.
  3. Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN   9783110951943 via Google Books.
  4. "The Shipbuilders - TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
  5. "The Shipbuilders (1943) - John Baxter - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.