The Flag Lieutenant (1932 film)

The Flag Lieutenant
Directed by	Henry Edwards
Written by	Leo Tover (play) W.P. Drury (play) Joan Morgan
Produced by	Herbert Wilcox
Starring	Henry Edwards Anna Neagle Joyce Bland Peter Gawthorne
Cinematography	Stanley Rodwell
Edited by	Michael Hankinson
Music by	Harris Weston
Production company	British and Dominions
Distributed by	Woolf and Freedman
Release date	12 October 1932 (1932-10-12)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Flag Lieutenant is a 1932 British war film based on the play by William Price Drury and directed by and starring Henry Edwards, Anna Neagle, Joyce Bland, and Peter Gawthorne. The film's plot involves a lieutenant who is wrongly accused of cowardice.

Production

The film was made at British and Dominions Imperial Studios, Elstree. It is based on the play of the same title which had previous been adapted into films in 1919 and 1927. The film provided an early leading role for Neagle, who was under contract to the producer Herbert Wilcox and would later become his wife.

Cast

• Henry Edwards as Lieutenant Dicky Lascelles
• Anna Neagle as Hermione Wynne
• Joyce Bland as Mrs Cameron
• Peter Gawthorne as Major Thesiger
• Louis Goodrich as Admiral Wynne
• Sam Livesey as Colonel McLeod
• Michael Hogan as Lieutnenat Palliser
• O. B. Clarence as General Gough-Bogle
• Abraham Sofaer as Meheti Salos
• Peter Northcote as Midshipman Lee
• Tully Comber as Midshipman Hood

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• The Flag Lieutenant at IMDb