Midshipman Easy

(1935)

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| Film | B&W | Adventure | 1h 10min |
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| Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Roger Livesey, Robert Adams | Director: Carol Reed

Adventure story about young naval officers who must rescue a girl from Spanish bandits

The precocious Master Easy joins the Royal Navy aboard HMS Harpy as a midshipman.

His lofty attitude and difficulty in adjusting to Navy discipline soon gets the young man into trouble.

Unrepentant, he and his young officer friends set about rescuing a girl and her family from Spanish bandits.

Capt Marryatt’s Famous Story

Cast

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Margaret Lockwood promotional headshot for Jassy, c. 1947, autographed ‘Sincerely’ by the actress
Donna Agnes
Roger Livesey
Capt Wilson
Robert Adams
Mesty
Hughie Green
Midshipman Easy
Frederick Burtwell
Mr Easthupp
Lewis Casson
Mr Easy
Tom Gill
Gascoine
Harry Tate
Mr Biggs
Desmond Tester
Gossett
Dennis Wyndham
Don Silvio
Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Mrs Easy
Norman Walker
Arthur Hambling
First Lieutenant Sawbett
Arnold Lucy
Esme Church
Anthony Rogers
Andreas Malandrinos
Spanish Officer
Gladys Gordon
Christine Keir
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Reviews

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Stilted adventure story with interesting credits. (Halliwell’s)

Media

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The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection DVD – Volume 2 from Network as part of the British Film collection. Features The Big Blockade, The Four Just Men, Brief Ecstasy, Midshipman Easy

The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection – Volume 2 DVD [2013]

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Film clips

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Hughie Green and Margaret Lockwood in a film clip from Midshipman Easy

Fortune Telling

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Hughie Green and Margaret Lockwood in a film clip from Midshipman Easy.

Main title from Midshipman Easy (1935)

Midshipman Easy (1935) Opening Credits

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Main title from Midshipman Easy (1935).

Pictures

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The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection DVD – Volume 2 from Network as part of the British Film collection. Features The Big Blockade, The Four Just Men, Brief Ecstasy, Midshipman Easy
Poster for Men of the Sea [Midshipman Easy] (1935) (2)
Screenshot from Midshipman Easy (1935) (3)
Screenshot from Midshipman Easy (1935) (2)
Hughie Green (as Midshipman Easy) and Margaret Lockwood (as Donna Agnes) in a screenshot from Midshipman Easy (1935) (1)
Main title from Midshipman Easy (1935)
Photograph from Midshipman Easy (1935) (2)
Poster for Men of the Sea [Midshipman Easy] (1935) (1)
Poster for Midshipman Easy (1935) (2)
Photograph from Midshipman Easy (1935) (1)
Poster for Midshipman Easy (1935) (1)

Production

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British director Carol Reed, perhaps best known for his work on The Third Man (1949)
Director
Anthony Kimmins
Writer (screenplay)
Frederick Marryat
Writer (novel)

Also known as

Men of the Sea (USA)

Companies

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Associated Talking Pictures (ATP)
Production company
Associated British Film Distributors (A.B.F.D.)
Distribution company