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'''''Dangerous Voyage''''' is a 1954 British [[mystery film|mystery]] [[crime film]] directed by [[Vernon Sewell]] and starring [[William Lundigan]], [[Naomi Chance]] and [[Vincent Ball]]. It was produced as a [[second feature]] for distribution by [[Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors|Anglo-Amalgamated]].<ref>Chibnall & McFarlane p.144</ref> It was shot at [[Merton Park Studios]] in [[London]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[George Haslam]]. [[Location shooting]] took place in the [[English Channel]] and in [[Honfleur]] in [[France]] and [[Shoreham-by-Sea|Shoreham]] in [[Sussex]]. It was distributed in the United States by [[Lippert Pictures]] under the [[alternative title]] '''''Terror Ship'''''.
'''''Dangerous Voyage''''' is a 1954 British [[mystery film|mystery]] [[crime film]] directed by [[Vernon Sewell]] and starring [[William Lundigan]], [[Naomi Chance]] and [[Vincent Ball]].


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'''''.
==Synopsis==
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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.


==Plot==
The mast is somehow radioactive and although replaced a [[geiger counter]] picks up a strong signal. When they try to find the old mast on the junk heap it has gone.
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Author Peter Duncan (William Lundigan) 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==
* [[William Lundigan]] as Peter Duncan
* [[William Lundigan]] as Peter Duncan
* [[Naomi Chance]] as Joan Drew
* [[Naomi Chance]] as Joan Drew
* [[Vincent Ball]] as John Drew
* [[Vincent Ball]] as John Drew
* [[John Warwick]] as Carter
* [[John Warwick]] as Carter
* [[Jean Lodge]] as Vivian Bolton
* [[Jean Lodge]] as Vivian Bolton
* Kenneth Henry as Insp. Neal
* Kenneth Henry as Insp. Neal
* Beresford Egan as Hartnell
* Beresford Egan as Hartnell
* [[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]] and in [[Honfleur]] in [[France]] and [[Shoreham-by-Sea|Shoreham]] in [[Sussex]].

Vernon Sewell later said the film was to be on motor car racing and Sewell refused to direct it. As they had hired 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 to be on motor car racing and Sewell refused to direct it. As they had hired 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==
''[[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>

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>

==References==
==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. ''The British 'B' Film''. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 10:42, 13 October 2023

Dangerous Voyage
File:Dangerous Voyage.jpg
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
Running time
72 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Dangerous Voyage is a 1954 British mystery crime film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring William Lundigan, Naomi Chance and Vincent Ball.

It was produced as a second feature distributed by Anglo-Amalgamated in the UK,[1] and in the United States by Lippert Pictures as Terror Ship.

Plot

Author Peter Duncan (William Lundigan) 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

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 and in Honfleur in France and Shoreham in Sussex.

Vernon Sewell later said the film was to be on motor car racing and Sewell refused to direct it. As they had hired William Lundigan they hired a blacklisted American screenwriter to change the script to be set on Sewell's yacht. [2]

Reception

Kine Weekly wrote: "Windswept crime melodrama set mainly on the briny. [...] A slap-up climax makes it watertight. Good British "programmer"".[3]

In British Sound Films David Quinlan says: "Same old British 'B' problem: good ideas but mediocre execution. Laughs in the wrong places."[4]

References

  1. ^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 144. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ^ Fowler, Roy (8 July 1994). "Vernon Sewell". British Entertainment History Project.
  3. ^ "Dangerous Voyage". Kine Weekly. 44 (238): 16–17. 18 March 1954.
  4. ^ 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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