The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1937 film)

For the French film, see The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1936 film).

The Mutiny of the Elsinore
Directed by	Roy Lockwood
Written by	Beaufoy Milton Walter Summers
Based on	The Mutiny of the Elsinore by Jack London
Produced by	John Argyle
Starring	Lyn Harding Paul Lukas Kathleen Kelly
Cinematography	Bryan Langley
Edited by	F.H. Bickerton
Music by	Guy Jones
Production company	John Argyle Productions
Distributed by	Associated British Film Distributors
Release date	3 September 1937 (1937-09-03)
Running time	79 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Mutiny of the Elsinore is a 1937 British action film directed by Roy Lockwood and starring Lyn Harding, Paul Lukas and Kathleen Kelly.^[1] The screenplay concerns a mutiny on a ship against a brutal captain. It was an adaptation of the 1914 novel The Mutiny of the Elsinore by Jack London. It was shot at Welwyn Studios in Hertfordshire,^[2] and on location on board the Padua at Funchal.^[3] The film's sets were designed by the art director Duncan Sutherland.

Plot summary

Following a mutiny on a ship against a brutal mate, a writer who happens to be aboard as a passenger is asked to take over after the murder of the Captain.

Cast

• Lyn Harding as Mr. Pike
• Jiro Soneya as Wada
• Paul Lukas as Jack Pethurst
• Kathleen Kelly as Margaret West
• Graham Soutten as Sidney Waltham
• Michael Martin Harvey as Charles Davis
• Clifford Evans as Bert Rhyne
• Conway Dixon as Captain West
• Tony Sympson as Shorty Peabody
• Pat Noonan as Murphy
• Alec Fraser as Benson
• Hamilton Keene as Twist
• William Devlin as O'Sullivan

References

1. BFI.org
2. Wood p.96
3. Purves, Alec A. (January 1939). "The Vanishing Grain Fleet". The Meccano Magazine. XXIV (1): 7.

Bibliography

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

External links

• The Mutiny of the Elsinore at IMDb
• The Mutiny of the Elsinore - complete film on Youtube