- Actors: Clive Brook, John Clements, Edward Chapman, Judy Campbell, Penelope Dudley-Ward
- Directors: Pen Tennyson
- Writers: Pen Tennyson, Patrick Kirwan
- Producers: Michael Balcon, Sergei Nolbandov
- Language English
- Classification: PG
- Studio: Dd Video
- VHS Release Date: 27 Jan 2000
- Run Time: 78 minutes
- ASIN: B00004L8JZ
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 809 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Made during WW2 action film.
5 Dec 2009
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The move was made during WW2 (British film) about the convoys bring food and war materials to England and the war ships that protect them. Many scenes were actually shot during convoy operations using real ships. Considering the age of the film, the quality is not too bad. Acting is typical of this period with a propaganda message that "England WILL Prevail". Production quality is not up to today's standards but considering it was filmed during wartime with limited resources it is understandable. Good actions sequences and the quality of the film stock is pretty good. Overall a pretty good film and worth watching.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
An undiscovered Classic of the Second World War
24 Jan 2012
CONVOY (1940) Directed by Pen Tennyson.
Starring Clive Brook, John Clements, John Laurie, Mervyn Johns, Anton
Diffring and Stewart Granger.
During the collapse of Poland, British Cruiser Captain Armitage must
protect an outgoing convoy from German U Boats and finally a pocket
Battleship. Complicating his task is a disobedient subordinant whom he
believes stole his girlfriend and a merchant ship helmed by a
cantakerous captain who is transporting both said former girlfriend and
a group of Jewish refugees. When the merchant ship sends out a
distress call in dangerous waters, Armitage must make a difficult
choice.
Made during the war and, as the prologue explains, filmed during
actual combat conditions, this is a simply smashing film in some
respects superior to later post war films like SINK THE BISMARCK and
THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATTE. The battle sequences--a combination of
genuine footage and nifty model work is done remarkably well. The
photography and direction is amazingly good......especially when one
considers that the British film industry at this time......except for
the Kordas......usually pretty weak. There is a sequence with the
merchant ship in a heavy fog bank that made this viewer gasp. The
acting is just superb with both Brook and Clements in full stiff upper
lip mode. The love triangle is handled in an unpredictable manner as
is the fate of the German battleship which is VERY unigue in the genre.
Is this Diffring's first time playing a Nazi? Though he is uncredited,
either the producers or director must have decided that Granger was
destined for greater things since he actually has more footage than
billed Laurie and Johns. He even is given a close up at the end.
The film is wonderfully patriotic in that God save the King mode which
is so inspiring and touching even for American viewers. At one point,
two Brits recite Lord Nelson's final orders before the Battle of
Trafalgar------something apparently that generation of Englishmen knew
by heart. Doubt that would be the case today.
The film is fun also in that it goes into great detail on how the
British convoy system and the British navy operated though.....as there
is a war on.....the Convoy's destination is identified only as X. This
also must be the first film that directly references the Holocaust.
Thus the film is not only superb Golden Age filmmaking but a valuable
primary historical document in and of itself.
The type of film where, after it is over, the viewer feels
enlightened, ennobled and entertained. A genuine discovery, perhaps a
lost classic and highly highly recommended.
Starring Clive Brook, John Clements, John Laurie, Mervyn Johns, Anton
Diffring and Stewart Granger.
During the collapse of Poland, British Cruiser Captain Armitage must
protect an outgoing convoy from German U Boats and finally a pocket
Battleship. Complicating his task is a disobedient subordinant whom he
believes stole his girlfriend and a merchant ship helmed by a
cantakerous captain who is transporting both said former girlfriend and
a group of Jewish refugees. When the merchant ship sends out a
distress call in dangerous waters, Armitage must make a difficult
choice.
Made during the war and, as the prologue explains, filmed during
actual combat conditions, this is a simply smashing film in some
respects superior to later post war films like SINK THE BISMARCK and
THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATTE. The battle sequences--a combination of
genuine footage and nifty model work is done remarkably well. The
photography and direction is amazingly good......especially when one
considers that the British film industry at this time......except for
the Kordas......usually pretty weak. There is a sequence with the
merchant ship in a heavy fog bank that made this viewer gasp. The
acting is just superb with both Brook and Clements in full stiff upper
lip mode. The love triangle is handled in an unpredictable manner as
is the fate of the German battleship which is VERY unigue in the genre.
Is this Diffring's first time playing a Nazi? Though he is uncredited,
either the producers or director must have decided that Granger was
destined for greater things since he actually has more footage than
billed Laurie and Johns. He even is given a close up at the end.
The film is wonderfully patriotic in that God save the King mode which
is so inspiring and touching even for American viewers. At one point,
two Brits recite Lord Nelson's final orders before the Battle of
Trafalgar------something apparently that generation of Englishmen knew
by heart. Doubt that would be the case today.
The film is fun also in that it goes into great detail on how the
British convoy system and the British navy operated though.....as there
is a war on.....the Convoy's destination is identified only as X. This
also must be the first film that directly references the Holocaust.
Thus the film is not only superb Golden Age filmmaking but a valuable
primary historical document in and of itself.
The type of film where, after it is over, the viewer feels
enlightened, ennobled and entertained. A genuine discovery, perhaps a
lost classic and highly highly recommended.
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