Freedom of the Seas is a 1934 British comedy war film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Clifford Mollison, Wendy Barrie and Zelma O'Neal. It was adapted by Roger Burford from the West End play of the same name by Walter C. Hackett.
Production
Produced by British International Pictures, the film was shot at Elstree Studios with sets designed by the art director Cedric Dawe. It was French director Varnel's first film in Britain following a spell in Hollywood. He went on to be a prominent maker of comedies during the following decade, working with Will Hay, George Formby and others. It is also notable as David Lean's first film credit, as focus puller.
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
References
Bibliography
Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.