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Against the Tide (1937)

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Film details

Featuring

Johnny Singer Gerald Rex Cathleen Nesbitt
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1937
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Drama set in a Cornish fishing village. Margaret Leigh does not wish her son to go to sea which has killed his father and grandfather, and sends him away to college. When he returns he falls in love with Mary, daughter of a fisherman, and they marry in the face of all opposition.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - cast member
    
    Johnny Singer
  - cast member
    
    Gerald Rex
  - Margaret Leigh
    
    Cathleen Nesbitt
  - Jim Leigh
    
    Robert Cochran
  - Mary Poole
    
    Linden Travers
  - Tom Jenkins
    
    Jimmy Mageean
  - William Poole
    
    Herbert Cameron
  - Bert Poole
    
    Neil Carlton
  - Mrs Brewer
    
    Dorothy Vernon
  - cast member
    
    Abel, Bob
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Directed by
    
    Alex Bryce
  - A Fox British Picture
    
    Fox-British Pictures
  - Produced by
    
    Victor M. Greene
  - Asst. Director
    
    George Pollock
  - Screen Play by
    
    David Evans
  - Screen Play by
    
    Alex Bryce
  - From an original story by
    
    Reginald Pound
  - Photographer
    
    Ronald Neame
  - Camera Assistant
    
    Oswald Morris (uncredited)
  - Editor
    
    Sanderson, Challis
  - Art Director
    
    William Hemsley
  - Recordist
    
    Knott, Chas. E.
  - Sound System
    
    Visatone Sound System
  - Made and Recorded at
    
    Cricklewood Studios

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