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The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1937 film)

The Mutiny of the Elsinore is a 1937 British action film directed by Roy Lockwood and starring Lyn Harding, Paul Lukas and Kathleen Kelly. 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, and on location on board the Padua at Funchal. 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.

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Bibliography

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

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