Sons of the Sea (1941)
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Emeric Pressburger was one of the scenarists on the big-budget British seafaring saga Atlantic Ferry. The film is a romanticized recounting of the first-ever steamship crossing of the Atlantic in 1837. Michael Redgrave and Griffith Jones star as the MacIver brothers (the film is based on a story by… More Emeric Pressburger was one of the scenarists on the big-budget British seafaring saga Atlantic Ferry. The film is a romanticized recounting of the first-ever steamship crossing of the Atlantic in 1837. Michael Redgrave and Griffith Jones star as the MacIver brothers (the film is based on a story by one of the MacIver progeny). The siblings battle both the Atlantic and (whenever a woman is involved) each other, but they achieve their goal, making shipping lanes safe for steam power. Inasmuch as the film was made at the outbreak of World War 2, the filmmakers contrive to rabbet a bit of anti-German propaganda into the proceedings. "Has considerable gusto" was the New York Post's pithy critique of this morale-boosting film. The huge cast includes such British-movie stalwarts as Valerie Hobson, Bessie Love, Frederick Leister and Felix Aylmer. Atlantic Ferry was distributed in the US by Warner Bros. under the title Sons of the Sea. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Walter Forde
- Written By
- Emeric Pressburger
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure
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Cast
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Michael Redgrave
as Charles MacIver
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Valerie Hobson
as Mary Ann Morison
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Griffith Jones
as David MacIver
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Hartley Power
as Samuel Cunard
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Margaretta Scott
as Susan Donaldson
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Bessie Love
as Begonia Baggot
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Milton Rosmer
as George Burns
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Frederick Leister
as Morison
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Edmund Willard
as Robert Napier
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Henry Oscar
as Eagles
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Charles Victor
as Grogan
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Frank Tickle
as Donaldson
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David Keir
as Stubbs
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Felix Aylmer
as Bank President