The Big Blockade (1942)
Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war.
- Date of release
- 1942-01-19
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Director
- Charles Frend
Casting
- Leslie Banks — Taylor
- Michael Redgrave — Russian
- Will Hay — Skipper
- John Mills — Tom
- Bernard Miles — Royal Navy Mate
- Michael Rennie — George
- Frank Cellier — Schneider
- Robert Morley — Von Geiselbrecht
- Alfred Drayton — Direktor
- Marius Goring — German Propaganda Officer
- Austin Trevor — U-boat Captain
- Albert Lieven — Gunter
Interesting facts
The Big Blockade is a 1942 British black-and-white dramatised documentary war propaganda film directed by Charles Frend and starring Will Hay, Leslie Banks, Michael Redgrave and John Mills. It was written by Frend and Angus MacPhail, and was produced by Michael Balcon for Ealing Studios, in collaboration with the Ministry of Economic Warfare.
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