The Shipbuilders | |
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Directed by | John Baxter |
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Produced by | John Baxter |
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Cinematography | James Wilson |
Edited by | Vi Burdon |
Music by | Kennedy Russell |
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Distributed by | Anglo-American Film Corporation (UK) |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Shipbuilders is a 1943 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Clive Brook, Morland Graham and Nell Ballantyne. [1] The film is set in a Clyde shipyard in the build-up to the Second World War. [2] It was made by British National Films and shot at Elstree Studios. It was based on the 1935 novel of the same name by George Blake. [3]
TV Guide gave the film two out of four stars, calling it a "Well-made story." [4] while Allmovie noted "a rare film of true merit from prolific British " quota quickie" director John Baxter," concluding that "Actual footage shipbuilders at work give this hastily assembled patriotic exercise a veneer of reality." [5]