Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war.
Cast
Leslie Banks
Taylor
Michael Redgrave
Russian
Will Hay
Skipper
John Mills
Tom
Bernard Miles
Royal Navy Mate
Michael Rennie
George
Frank Cellier
Schneider
Robert Morley
Von Geiselbrecht
Alfred Drayton
Direktor
Marius Goring
German Propaganda Officer
Austin Trevor
U-boat Captain
Albert Lieven
Gunter
Leif Konow
Dane
John Stuart
Royal Navy: Naval Officer
Morland Graham
Civil Service
John Boxer
Press
Cyril Chamberlain
Press
Elliott Mason
German: German Stationmistress
George Merritt
German: German Shelter Marshal
Bernard Rebel
Quisling
George Woodbridge
Quisling
Ronald Adam
German businessman (uncredited)
Mark Daly
Driver (uncredited)
Thora Hird
German barmaid (uncredited)
Frederick Piper
Malta official (uncredited)
Ronald Shiner
Shipping clerk (uncredited)
Manning Whiley
Naval officer (uncredited)
Michael Wilding
Captain (uncredited)
John Williams
Voice over (uncredited)
Crew
Charles Frend
Director
Angus MacPhail
Screenplay
Charles Crichton
Editor
Compton Bennett
Editor
Wilkie Cooper
Director of Photography
Douglas Slocombe
Director of Photography
Michael Balcon
Producer
Roy Kellino
Special Effects
Richard Addinsell
Original Music Composer
Ernest Irving
Music Director
Thomas N. Morahan
Art Direction
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