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Sons of the Sea is a British film of genre Drama directed by Maurice Elvey released in USA on 23 december 1939 with Leslie Banks

Sons of the Sea (1939)

Sons of the Sea
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Released in USA 23 december 1939
Length 1h22
Directed by
Genres Drama,    War,    Spy
Themes Spy films
Rating56% 2.823672.823672.823672.823672.82367

Sons of the Sea is a 1939 British color drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Leslie Banks, Kay Walsh, Mackenzie Ward and Cecil Parker.

Synopsis

England, 1939. The head of Dartmouth Naval College is murdered. His successor, Captain Hyde, believes that he was in fact the intended target of the assassination. He soon begins to realise that both British and foreign intelligence agents are at work. He enlists the help of his son, a reluctant sea cadet, to smoke them out.

Actors

Leslie Banks

(Capt. Hyde)Kay Walsh

(Alison Devar)Mackenzie Ward

(Newton Hulls)Cecil Parker

(Cmdr. Herbert)Simon Lack

(Philip Hyde)
And :
Ellen Pollock
Peter Pullen Shaw
Nigel Stock
Kynaston Reeves
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