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Freedom of the Seas is a film of genre Drama directed by Marcel Varnel with Clifford Mollison
Freedom of the Seas (1934)
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Add to a movie listFreedom 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.
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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.Actors
Clifford Mollison
(Smith)
Wendy Barrie
(Phyllis Harcourt)
Zelma O'Neal
(Jennie)
Tyrell Davis
(Cavendish)
James Carew
(Bottom)
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