The Shipbuilders

The Shipbuilders
Directed by John Baxter
Produced by John Baxter
Written by George Blake (novel)
Stephen Potter
Reginald Pound
Gordon Wellesley
Starring Clive Brook
Morland Graham
Finlay Currie
Music by Kennedy Russell
Cinematography James Wilson
Edited by Vi Burdon
Production
company
Distributed by Anglo-American Film Corporation (UK)
Release date
  • 14 December 1943 (1943-12-14) (London, UK)
Running time
90 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

The Shipbuilders is a 1943 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Clive Brook, Morland Graham and Nell Ballantyne.[1] The film is set in a Clyde shipyard in the build-up to the Second World War.[2] It was made by British National Films and shot at Elstree Studios. It was based on the 1935 novel of the same name by George Blake.[3]

Cast

Critical reception

TV Guide gave the film two out of four stars, calling it a "Well-made story."[4] while Allmovie noted "a rare film of true merit from prolific British "quota quickie" director John Baxter," concluding that "Actual footage shipbuilders at work give this hastily assembled patriotic exercise a veneer of reality."[5]

References

  1. "The Shipbuilders (1944)".
  2. "The Shipbuilders – review - cast and crew, movie star rating and where to watch film on TV and online". Radio Times.
  3. Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). "The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film". Walter de Gruyter via Google Books.
  4. "The Shipbuilders - TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
  5. "The Shipbuilders (1943) - John Baxter - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
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