Neutral Port
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1940 film
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| Neutral Port | |
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| Directed by | Marcel Varnel |
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| Produced by | Edward Black |
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| Music by | Louis Levy |
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| Distributed by | General Film Distributors |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Neutral Port is a 1940 British war comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Will Fyffe, Leslie Banks, Yvonne Arnaud, and Phyllis Calvert, with a supporting role for Wally Patch. It was produced and distributed by Gainsborough Pictures and shot at the company's Lime Grove Studios in West London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alex Vetchinsky. It was one of several films Fyffe made for Gainsborough.[1]
Plot summary
[edit ]A British merchant ship is torpedoed by a German U-boat and takes shelter in a neutral port. The Captain then strikes back at the German enemy.[2]
Cast
[edit ]- Will Fyffe as Captain Ferguson
- Leslie Banks as George Carter
- Yvonne Arnaud as Rosa Pirenti
- Phyllis Calvert as Helen Carter
- Hugh McDermott as Jim Grey
- John Salew as Wilson
- Cameron Hall as Charlie Baxter
- Frederick Valk as Captain Traumer
- Anthony Holles as Chief of Police
- Sigurd Lohde as German Consul
- Wally Patch as Fred
- Dennis Wyndham as Terry
- Jack Raine as Alf
- Albert Lieven as Capt. Grosskraft
- Mignon O'Doherty as Miss Fleming
- Anton Diffring as Sailor
References
[edit ]- ^ Vagg, Stephen (1 December 2024). "Forgotten British Film Moguls: Ted Black". Filmink. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ "Neutral Port (1941)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
External links
[edit ]- Neutral Port at IMDb
Categories:
- 1940 films
- 1940 war films
- British war films
- 1940s English-language films
- Gainsborough Pictures films
- U-boat fiction
- World War II films made in wartime
- British black-and-white films
- 1940s British films
- Films set in South America
- Films shot at Lime Grove Studios
- Films scored by Louis Levy
- English-language war films
- 1940s British film stubs