''Sabotage at Sea'' is a 1942 British, black-and-white, drama, mystery, war film, directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Jane Carr, Margaretta Scott, David Hutcheson and Ronald Shiner as Ernie the Cook. It was

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by British National Films and Shaftesbury Films. It has the overall format of a whodunnit but with a clear theme of protecting military secrets during the Second World War.

Synopsis

A series of vignettes introduce us to a selection of people who late turn out to be the individual suspects. Cargo ship Captain Tracey ( David Hutcheson) has discovered that enemy agents have tampered with his ship. The film follows the search for the saboteur. The unlikely scenario means that six would-be subjects are jointly kidnapped/shanghaied and kept on board while he investigates which one is the saboteur. The suspects include both males and females including members of the shipping company (Digby & Farar) and their relatives. The investigation tales place en route to New York.

Cast

* Jane Carr as Diane * Margaretta Scott as Jane Dighton * David Hutcheson as Captain Tracey * Martita Hunt as Daphne Faber * Felix Aylmer as John Dighton * Ralph Truman as Chandler *

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as 1st Officer * Arthur Maude as Engineer Officer * William Hartnell as Digby * Wally Patch as Steward * Ronald Shiner as Cook * Hay Petrie as Talkative Sailor at Table

Critical reception

'' TV Guide'' wrote, "the cast is handicapped by an uneventful, wordy script."

References

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* * * 1942 films 1942 drama films 1940s mystery drama films 1940s war drama films British black-and-white films 1940s English-language films Films directed by Leslie S. Hiscott British World War II propaganda films British mystery drama films British war drama films {{war-drama-film-stub