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{{short description|1954 film}}
{{Short description|1954 British film by Vernon Sewell}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Dangerous Voyage
| name = Dangerous Voyage
| image = Theatrical_release_poster_for_film_Dangerous_Voyage_(1954).png
| image =File:Dangerous Voyage.jpg
| caption = American theatrical release poster
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| director = [[Vernon Sewell]]
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| producer = [[Nat Cohen]] <br> [[Stuart Levy (producer)|Stuart Levy]] <br /> William H. Williams
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| director = [[Vernon Sewell]]
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| producer = [[Nat Cohen]] <br> [[Stuart Levy (producer)|Stuart Levy]] <br /> William H. Williams
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| writer = Vernon Sewell <br> Julian Ward
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| writer =Vernon Sewell <br> Julian Ward
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| starring = [[William Lundigan]] <br> [[Naomi Chance]] <br> [[Vincent Ball]]
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| music = [[Allan Gray (composer)|Allan Gray]]
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| starring = [[William Lundigan]] <br> [[Naomi Chance]] <br> [[Vincent Ball]]
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| music = [[Allan Gray (composer)|Allan Gray]]
| cinematography = [[Josef Ambor]]
| cinematography = [[Josef Ambor]]
| editing = [[Geoffrey Muller]]
| editing = [[Geoffrey Muller]]
| studio = Merton Park Studios Productions
| studio = Merton Park Studios Productions
| distributor =[[Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors]]
| distributor = [[Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors]]
| released = 5 April 1954
| released = {{Film date|1954|04|05|df=yes}}
| runtime = 72 minutes
| runtime = 72 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| language = English
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'''''Dangerous Voyage''''' (U.S. title '''''Terror Ship''''') is a 1954 British crime thriller [[B movie|B film]]<ref name=":0" /> directed by [[Vernon Sewell]] and starring [[William Lundigan]], [[Naomi Chance]] and [[Vincent Ball]].<ref name="BFIsearch">{{Cite web |title=Dangerous Voyage |url=/proxy/https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150148476 |access-date=15 November 2023 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> It was written by Sewell and Julian Ward and was distributed by [[Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors|Anglo-Amalgamated]] in the UK,<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Chibnall |first=Steve |title=The British 'B' Film |last2=McFarlane |first2=Brian |publisher=[[BFI]]/[[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury]] |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-8445-7319-6 |location=London |pages=144}}</ref> and in the United States by [[Lippert Pictures]].
'''''Dangerous Voyage''''' is a 1954 British [[mystery film|mystery]] [[crime film]] directed by [[Vernon Sewell]] and starring [[William Lundigan]], [[Naomi Chance]] and [[Vincent Ball]].

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It was produced as a [[second feature]] distributed by [[Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors|Anglo-Amalgamated]] in the UK,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chibnall |first=Steve |title=The British 'B' Film |last2=McFarlane |first2=Brian |publisher=[[BFI]]/[[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury]] |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-8445-7319-6 |location=London |pages=144}}</ref> and in the United States by [[Lippert Pictures]] as '''''Terror Ship'''''.


==Plot==
==Plot==
Author Peter Duncan investigates the circumstances of a damaged yacht and its crew who are taken under tow off the English coast, and the subsequent disappearance of the crew before they reach land. The mast is somehow radioactive but after replacement a [[geiger counter]] still picks up a strong reading. When they try to find the old mast on the junk heap it has disappeared.
Author Peter Duncan investigates the circumstances of a damaged yacht and its crew who are taken under tow off the English coast, and the subsequent disappearance of the crew before they reach land. The mast is somehow radioactive but after replacement a [[geiger counter]] still picks up a strong reading. When they try to find the old mast on the junk heap, it has disappeared.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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* [[Peter Bathurst (actor)|Peter Bathurst]] as Walton
* [[Peter Bathurst (actor)|Peter Bathurst]] as Walton
* Richard Stewart as Sgt. French
* Richard Stewart as Sgt. French
* [[Stanley Van Beers]] as Coroner
* [[Stanley Van Beers]] as coroner
* [[Hugh Morton (actor)|Hugh Morton]] as Inquiry Chairman
* [[Hugh Morton (actor)|Hugh Morton]] as inquiry chairman
* Armand Guinle as Fourneau
* Armand Guinle as Fourneau
* [[John Serret]] as 1st. Gendarme
* [[John Serret]] as 1st gendarme
* Monti DeLyle as 2nd. Gendarme
* Monti DeLyle as 2nd gendarme
* [[Guy Standeven]] as Clerk of the Court
* [[Guy Standeven]] as clerk of the court
* [[Oliver Johnston (actor)|Oliver Johnston]] as Dr. Waverley
* [[Oliver Johnston (actor)|Oliver Johnston]] as Dr. Waverley


==Production==
==Production==
The film was shot at [[Merton Park Studios]] in [[London]], with sets designed by [[art director]] [[George Haslam]]. [[Location shooting]] took place in the [[English Channel]], in [[Honfleur]] in [[France]], and [[Shoreham-by-Sea|Shoreham]] in [[Sussex]].
The film was shot at [[Merton Park Studios]] in [[London]],<ref name="BFIsearch" /> with sets designed by [[art director]] [[George Haslam]]. [[Location shooting]] took place in the [[English Channel]], in [[Honfleur]] in [[France]], and [[Shoreham-by-Sea|Shoreham]] in [[Sussex]].


Vernon Sewell later said the film was originally to be about motor car racing and he refused to direct it. As they had already contracted William Lundigan they hired a blacklisted American screenwriter to change the script to be set on Sewell's yacht.<ref name="vernon">{{cite web|url=/proxy/https://historyproject.org.uk/interview/vernon-sewell|website=British Entertainment History Project|title=Vernon Sewell| date=8 July 1994|first=Roy|last= Fowler}}</ref>
Vernon Sewell later said the film was originally to be about motor car racing and he refused to direct it. As they had already contracted William Lundigan they hired a blacklisted American screenwriter to change the script to be set on Sewell's yacht.<ref name="vernon">{{cite web|url=/proxy/https://historyproject.org.uk/interview/vernon-sewell|website=British Entertainment History Project|title=Vernon Sewell| date=8 July 1994|first=Roy|last= Fowler}}</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==
''[[Kine Weekly]]'' wrote: "Windswept crime melodrama set mainly on the briny. [...] A slap-up climax makes it watertight. Good British "programmer"".<ref>{{Cite journal |date=18 March 1954 |title=Dangerous Voyage |journal=[[Kine Weekly]] |volume=44 |issue=238 |pages=16–17}}</ref>
''[[Kine Weekly]]'' wrote: "Windswept crime melodrama set mainly on the briny.&nbsp;... A slap-up climax makes it watertight. Good British 'programmer'".<ref>{{Cite journal |date=18 March 1954 |title=Dangerous Voyage |journal=[[Kine Weekly]] |volume=44 |issue=238 |pages=16–17}}</ref>

''[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]]'' said "Average mystery film which makes use of the latest develoments in popular science to find a new way of disposing of the villains."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1954 |title=Dangerous Voyage |url=/proxy/https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305817935/A559E7848ADF41A4PQ/2 |journal=[[Monthly Film Bulletin]] |volume=21 |issue=240 |pages=73 |via=ProQuest}}</ref>


In ''British Sound Films'' [[David Quinlan (film critic)|David Quinlan]] says: "Same old British 'B' problem: good ideas but mediocre execution. Laughs in the wrong places."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Quinlan |first=David |title=British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 |publisher=[[Batsford Books|B.T. Batsford Ltd.]] |year=1984 |isbn=0-7134-1874-5 |location=London |pages=298}}</ref>
In ''British Sound Films'' [[David Quinlan (film critic)|David Quinlan]] says: "Same old British 'B' problem: good ideas but mediocre execution. Laughs in the wrong places."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Quinlan |first=David |title=British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 |publisher=[[Batsford Books|B.T. Batsford Ltd.]] |year=1984 |isbn=0-7134-1874-5 |location=London |pages=298}}</ref>
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190222152023/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b70844807 Dangerous Voyage] at the [[British Film Institute]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190222152023/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b70844807 ''Dangerous Voyage''] at the [[British Film Institute]]{{better source needed|reason=Help request: a live link can be searched for at https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/search/expert - if available, replace the archive URL with the live link. Or if none found, remove this 'better source needed' template. | date=October 2023}}
* {{IMDb title|0047568}}
* {{IMDb title|0047568}}


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[[Category:British black-and-white films]]
[[Category:British black-and-white films]]
[[Category:1950s British films]]
[[Category:1950s British films]]
[[Category:English-language crime films]]
[[Category:English-language mystery films]]




Latest revision as of 18:14, 6 October 2024

Dangerous Voyage
American theatrical release poster
Directed byVernon Sewell
Written byVernon Sewell
Julian Ward
Produced byNat Cohen
Stuart Levy
William H. Williams
StarringWilliam Lundigan
Naomi Chance
Vincent Ball
CinematographyJosef Ambor
Edited byGeoffrey Muller
Music byAllan Gray
Production
company
Merton Park Studios Productions
Distributed byAnglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors
Release date
  • 5 April 1954 (1954-04-05)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Dangerous Voyage (U.S. title Terror Ship) is a 1954 British crime thriller B film[1] directed by Vernon Sewell and starring William Lundigan, Naomi Chance and Vincent Ball.[2] It was written by Sewell and Julian Ward and was distributed by Anglo-Amalgamated in the UK,[1] and in the United States by Lippert Pictures.

Plot

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Author Peter Duncan investigates the circumstances of a damaged yacht and its crew who are taken under tow off the English coast, and the subsequent disappearance of the crew before they reach land. The mast is somehow radioactive but after replacement a geiger counter still picks up a strong reading. When they try to find the old mast on the junk heap, it has disappeared.

Cast

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Production

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The film was shot at Merton Park Studios in London,[2] with sets designed by art director George Haslam. Location shooting took place in the English Channel, in Honfleur in France, and Shoreham in Sussex.

Vernon Sewell later said the film was originally to be about motor car racing and he refused to direct it. As they had already contracted William Lundigan they hired a blacklisted American screenwriter to change the script to be set on Sewell's yacht.[3]

Reception

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Kine Weekly wrote: "Windswept crime melodrama set mainly on the briny. ... A slap-up climax makes it watertight. Good British 'programmer'".[4]

The Monthly Film Bulletin said "Average mystery film which makes use of the latest develoments in popular science to find a new way of disposing of the villains."[5]

In British Sound Films David Quinlan says: "Same old British 'B' problem: good ideas but mediocre execution. Laughs in the wrong places."[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 144. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ^ a b "Dangerous Voyage". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  3. ^ Fowler, Roy (8 July 1994). "Vernon Sewell". British Entertainment History Project.
  4. ^ "Dangerous Voyage". Kine Weekly. 44 (238): 16–17. 18 March 1954.
  5. ^ "Dangerous Voyage". Monthly Film Bulletin. 21 (240): 73. 1954 – via ProQuest.
  6. ^ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 298. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.
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