Midshipman Easy

Midshipman Easy (1935)

Set during the Peninsular Campaign of the Napoleonic War, Mr Midshipman Easy has just joined the Royal Navy. He is very keen to do well but luckily he has an understanding captain to pull him out of the various adventures he seems to get involved in.

Erscheinungsdatum
1935-11-01
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (7)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 14 Min.
Genres
Abenteuer
Regie
Carol Reed

Besetzung

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  • Basiert auf: Mr Midshipman Easy

Midshipman Easy is a 1935 British adventure film directed by Carol Reed and starring Hughie Green, Margaret Lockwood, Harry Tate and Robert Adams. The screenplay concerns a young man who runs away from home, joins the navy and goes to sea in the 1790s. He rescues a captive woman from a Spanish ship and battles pirates and smugglers. The film was based on the novel Mr Midshipman Easy (1836) by Frederick Marryat.

Production

The film was made at Ealing Studios by Basil Dean's Associated Talking Pictures. The film was a moderate success on its initial release in Britain. It was first released in the United States in 1951 by Astor Pictures.

The cliff top action sequences and rocky shore scenes of the film were shot on the Isle of Portland.

It was an early role for Margaret Lockwood and the first of several collaborations between her and Carol Reed.

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