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Full Speed Ahead (1940 film)

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Full Speed Ahead
Directed byJohn Hunt
Written byL. DeCosta Ricci
Produced byJohn Hunt
StarringFrederick Peisley
Dinah Sheridan
Morland Graham
CinematographyW. Winterton
Production
company
Education & General Services
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors
Release date
  • 19 October 1940 (1940-10-19)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Full Speed Ahead is a 1940 British drama film directed by John Hunt and starring Frederick Peisley, Dinah Sheridan and Morland Graham.[1] It was filmed at Cricklewood Studios in London.[2] A second feature, it was distributed by General Film Distributors on a double bill with The Man in the Iron Mask.[3]

Synopsis

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Two brothers undergo respective apprenticeships. One joins the Royal Navy while the other becomes a ship designer, working on a new destroyer.

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Bibliography

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  • Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. The British 'B' Film. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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