The Seventh Survivor

The Seventh Survivor
Directed by Leslie S. Hiscott
Screenplay by Michael Barringer
Starring
  • Felix Aylmer
  • Jane Carr
  • Matita Hunt
Cinematography Basil Emmott
Release date
 1941
Running time
 75 minutes
Country UK
Language English

The Seventh Survivor is a 1941 [British, black-and-white, spy, war film, directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Felix Aylmer, Jane Carr, Wally Patch, Linden Travers, Austin Trevor, Frank Pettingell, Ronald Shiner, and Martita Hunt.[1] It was produced by British National Films and Shaftesbury Films.

Synopsis

During the Second World War, a German spy goes on the run, carrying important news about a U-Boat campaign. The ship he is travelling aboard is hit by a torpedo. The spy winds up at a lighthouse[2] with other survivors, one of whom is a counterintelligence agent who reveals the German spy's true identity.[3]

Cast

  • Felix Aylmer as Sir Elmer Norton
  • Jane Carr as Diane Winters
  • Martita Hunt as Mrs. Lindley
  • Wally Patch as Bob Sutton
  • Frank Pettingell as Thomas Pettifer
  • Ronald Shiner as Ernie
  • John Stuart as Robert Cooper
  • Linden Travers as Gillian Chase
  • Austin Trevor as Captain Hartzmann
  • Ralph Truman as Captain

References

  1. ↑ "The Seventh Survivor - IMDB". Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "Beacons in the Dark: Lighthouse Iconography in Wartime British Cinema"
  3. ↑ "The Seventh Survivor - Complete Index to World Film". Retrieved 9 March 2012.


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