Full Speed Ahead (1936 film) explained

Full Speed Ahead
Director:	Lawrence Huntington
Producer:	Lawrence Huntington
Cinematography:	Stanley Grant
Studio:	Lawrence Huntington Productions
Distributor:	Paramount Pictures
Runtime:	71 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom

Full Speed Ahead is a 1936 British drama film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Paul Neville, Moira Lynd and Richard Norris. The film was made at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie for distribution by the Hollywood company Paramount Pictures.^[1] It is also known by the alternative title Full Steam Ahead.

Synopsis

A couple elope on a ship, only to discover that the dishonest captain plans to scuttle it for insurance purposes.

Cast

• Paul Neville as Captain Murton
• Moira Lynd as Jean Hunter
• Richard Norris as Tim Brent
• George Mozart as Chief Smith
• Geoffrey Clark as Dunn
• Victor Hagen as Smith
• George Turner as Oily Short
• Arthur Seaton as Irving Hunter
• Julian Vedey as Mendoza
• Syd Crossley as Muggridge
• Arthur Brander as Alec Goodhill
• Dorothy Dewhurst as Mrs. Meddlecott
• Frederick Peisley as Michael Elwood

References

1. Chibnall p.288

Bibliography

• Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The British of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.