Rent Sons of the Sea (1939)
3.3 of 5 from 48 ratings
1h 16min
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- Synopsis:
- Captain Hyde (Leslie Banks) is appointed commander of The Royal Navy College, where his son (Simon Lack) is a cadet. In Defeating the plans of the enemy, who have laid a secret minefield, Hyde is bombed at sea and loses his memory. His son comes under suspicion of treason because of his promise to his father not to divulge his activities.
- Actors:
- Leslie Banks, Mackenzie Ward, Kay Walsh, Simon Lack, Cecil Parker, Ellen Pollock, Ian Fleming, Peter Shaw, Kynaston Reeves, Nigel Stock, Gordon Begg, Charles Eaton, Robert Field
- Directors:
- Maurice Elvey
- Producers:
- K.C. Alexander
- Writers:
- George Barraud, Gerald Elliott, Reginald Long, D. William Woolf, Maurice Elvey
- Studio:
- Renown Pictures
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama
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Reviews (1) of Sons of the Sea
Fascinating early colour British film from 1939 about a German plot - Sons of the Sea review by PV
Very early (1939) WWII drama, though it harks back to RIDDLE OF THE SANDS conspiracy theory thrillers about the German threat really.
Interesting rather than anything else. A curio. Stark colour with naval blues and reds.
The plot is very penny dreadful, and sometimes confusing (so read the summary above here), and the acting very theatrical,
But a colour film in 1939 films at Dartmouth Naval College with real Navy men and boys. I wonder how many survived the coming war...
3 stars
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