Sabotage at Sea

Sabotage at Sea
Sabotage at Sea
	Richard Hearne
Directed by	Leslie S. Hiscott
Written by	Michael Barringer
Produced by	Elizabeth Hiscott
Starring	Jane Carr; Margaretta Scott; David Hutcheson;
Cinematography	Günther Krampf
Edited by	Peter Tanner
Music by	W.L. Trytel
Production; companies	British National Films; Shaftesbury Films;
Distributed by	Anglo-American Film Corporation (UK)
Release date	7 September 1942 (UK);
Running time	61 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Sabotage at Sea is a 1942 British, black-and-white, drama, mystery, war film, directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Jane Carr, Margaretta Scott, David Hutcheson and Ronald Shiner as Ernie the Cook.^[1] It was produced by British National Films and Shaftesbury Films.

It has the overall format of a whodunnit but with a clear theme of protecting military secrets during the Second World War.

Synopsis

A series of vignettes introduce us to a selection of people who late turn out to be the individual suspects.

Cargo ship Captain Tracey (David Hutcheson) has discovered that enemy agents have tampered with his ship. The film follows the search for the saboteur. The unlikely scenario means that six would-be subjects are jointly kidnapped/shanghaied and kept on board while he investigates which one is the saboteur.

The suspects include both males and females including members of the shipping company (Digby & Farar) and their relatives.

The investigation tales place en route to New York.

Cast

Jane Carr as Diane
Margaretta Scott as Jane Dighton
David Hutcheson as Captain Tracey
Martita Hunt as Daphne Faber
Felix Aylmer as John Dighton
Ralph Truman as Chandler
Ian Fleming as 1st Officer
Arthur Maude as Engineer Officer
William Hartnell as Digby
Wally Patch as Steward
Ronald Shiner as Cook
Hay Petrie as Talkative Sailor at Table

Critical reception

TV Guide wrote, "the cast is handicapped by an uneventful, wordy script."^[2]

References

^ "Sabotage at Sea (1942)". BFI. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009.
^ "Sabotage At Sea". TVGuide.com.

External links

Sabotage at Sea at AllMovie
Sabotage at Sea at the British Film Institute^{[better source needed]}
Sabotage at Sea at IMDb

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[1] "Sabotage at Sea (1942)". BFI. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009.

[2] "Sabotage At Sea". TVGuide.com.

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