Freedom of the Seas (film)

Freedom of the Seas is a 1934 British war film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Clifford Mollison, Wendy Barrie and Zelma O'Neal. It was adapted by Roger Burford from the English play of the same name by Walter C. Hackett. It is also notable as David Lean's first film credit, as focus puller. It was French director Varnel's first film in Britain following a spell in Hollywood.

Plot

Smith, a mild-mannered clerk, unexpectedly becomes one of the first among his colleagues to sign up on the declaration of World War I. Undashing but courageous, he foils a German sabotage plot.

Cast

• Clifford Mollison as Smith
• Wendy Barrie as Phyllis Harcourt
• Zelma O'Neal as Jennie
• H.F. Maltby as Harcourt
• Tyrell Davis as Cavendish
• James Carew as Bottom
• Cecil Ramage as Berkstrom
• Henry Wenman as Wallace
• Frederick Peisley as Jackson
• Frank Atkinson as O'Hara
• Charles Paton as Gamp

External links

• Freedom of the Seas at the Internet Movie Database
• Freedom of the Seas at AllMovie
• Review from the New York Times