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Our Fighting Navy

1937 · 67 min

A stiff-upper-lip naval adventure that moves at an easy, old-fashioned clip, with duty and honour played straight and a modest, comforting sense of peril.

Tagline
A Drama of the Captain of a Destroyer who put DUTY BEFORE ALL!
Overview
Trouble is brewing in the banana republic of Bianco for both His Excellency, El Presidente, and the British Consul, Brant. Rebels, led by Diego De Costa, the trusted "Minister of the Marines and the Customs" and Lieutenant Enricquo, the gunnery officer of the small republic's one battleship, have taken over the battleship, and the town. Most of the British citizens have taken refuge at the Consulate or have been evacuated to the small cruiser in Bianco's port, the "H. M. S. Audacious." But there are two major issues; the Consul's daughter, Pamela, and Canadian Lieutenant Bill Armstrong have been kidnapped by the rebels and now held hostage on the battleship "El Mirante," and El Presidente was visiting the consulate when the war broke out and is now under the protective custody of the British Empire.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • war
    • loyalty
    • power
    • betrayal
    • deception
    Places
    • sea
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action4
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism6
    Romance2
    Tension5
    Darkness4
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    war
    Directed by
    Norman Walker
    Starring
    Robert Douglas, Richard Cromwell, H.B. Warner, Noah Beery, Esme Percy, Frederick Culley, Henry Victor, Julie Suedo
    Runtime
    67 min
    Country
    United Kingdom
    Languages
    English

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