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Our Fighting Navy
American poster
Directed by	Norman Walker
Written by	H.T. Bishop Gerald Elliott Harrison Owen Guy Pollock L. DeCosta Ricci
Produced by	Herbert Wilcox
Starring	Robert Douglas Richard Cromwell Hazel Terry
Cinematography	Claude Friese-Greene
Edited by	Winifred Cooper
Music by	Noel Gay
Production company	Herbert Wilcox Productions
Distributed by	General Film Distributors
Release date	21 April 1937 (1937-04-21)
Running time	66 minutes (US release)
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Our Fighting Navy (also known as Torpedoed) is a 1937 British action film directed by Norman Walker and starring Robert Douglas, Richard Cromwell and Hazel Terry.^[1] The Royal Navy, viewing the film as a recruitment opportunity, provided warships and extras.

The film was made by Herbert Wilcox Productions made at Pinewood Studios.^[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Lawrence P. Williams. It was given an American release in 1938 with a reduced running time. The dialogue adaptation for the French dub version was carried out by Jean Devaivre and the film was released in France under the title Choc en mer^[a] in 1938.

Plot

A British warship intervenes to protect British subjects and prevent a rebellion in a South American republic.

Cast

Robert Douglas as Captain Markham
Richard Cromwell as Lieutenant Bill Armstrong
Hazel Terry as Pamela Brent
H.B. Warner as Brent, British Consul
Noah Beery as Presidente of Bianco
Esme Percy as Diego de Costa
Frederick Culley as Admiral
Henry Victor as Lieutenant d'Enriquo
Binkie Stuart as Jennifer
Julie Suedo as Juanita
Richard Ainley as Lieutenant (uncredited)

Notes

^ Shock at Sea.

References

^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | OUR FIGHTING NAVY (1937)". Archived from the original on 5 May 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
^ Wood p.91

Bibliography

Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

Our Fighting Navy at IMDb

The films of Norman Walker

Tommy Atkins (1928)
Widecombe Fair (1928)
A Romance of Seville (1929)
The Hate Ship (1929)
Loose Ends (1930)
The Middle Watch (1930)
Uneasy Virtue (1931)
The Shadow Between (1931)
Mr. Bill the Conqueror (1932)
Fires of Fate (1932)
The Fortunate Fool (1933)
Forging Ahead (1933)
The Flaw (1933)
The House of Trent (1933)
The Way of Youth (1934)
Lilies of the Field (1934)
Dangerous Ground (1934)
Turn of the Tide (1935)
Key to Harmony (1935)
Debt of Honour (1936)
Our Fighting Navy (1937)
Sunset in Vienna (1937)
The Man at the Gate (1941)
Hard Steel (1942)
The Great Mr. Handel (1942)
They Knew Mr. Knight (1946)
John Wesley (1954)

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