Tag: Gainsborough

We Dive at Dawn (Gainsborough / Gaumont British, 1943)

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Fine tale of British submariners during the Second World War, with John Mills as the vessel’s commander and a solid cast of crewmen, most notably Eric Portman as the hydrophone operator. The submarine Sea Tiger is sent to sink a new German battleship, but their quarry has escaped into the Baltic Sea, where they pursue, …

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The Phantom Light (1935)

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Spooky doings at a lighthouse whose lamp mysteriously goes out from time to time, even as another ghostly light appears to lead vessels to their doom. It’s all a bit of a jumble, with a few bits unclear even at the end, but Gordon Harker is good as the new lighthouse keeper, dealing with irregular …

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