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Film / 1943
The Shipbuilders
Directed by
John Baxter
A patriotic, cinematic salvo, this wartime production tells the story of the owner of a shipbuilding company doing his best to contribute to the British fleet. War is good for business, but what will happen once the war is won? It was based on a novel by George Blake.
The story
A patriotic, cinematic salvo, this wartime production tells the story of the owner of a shipbuilding company doing his best to contribute to the British fleet. War is good for business, but what will happen once the war is won? It was based on a novel by George Blake.
Cast
Clive BrookLeslie Pagan
Morland GrahamDanny Shields
Nell BallantyneMrs. Shields
Finlay CurrieMcWain
Maudie EdwardsLizzie
Geoffrey HibbertPeter Shields
Allan JeayesRalph
Moira ListerRita
Frederick LeisterMr. Villier
Gus McNaughtonJim
Ian Sadler
John TurnbullBaird
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Bertram Wallis
Caven Watson
James WoodburnPagan Sr.
Beckett BouldPeter Menzies
Patric Curwen
Michael Gainsborough
Emrys JonesYoung Naval Officer from HMS Milano
David KeirJury Foreman
Ian McLeanBarrister
Dudley Paul
Walter Roy
David Trickett
C. Denier WarrenOrtega
Alec Faversham
Hay PetrieWorker in Pagan's Office (uncredited)
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