Convoy (1940 film)

Convoy
Directed by	Pen Tennyson
Produced by	Michael Balcon (producer) Sergei Nolbandov (associate producer)
Written by	Patrick Kirwan (writer) Pen Tennyson (writer)
Starring	See below
Music by	Ernest Irving
Cinematography	Roy Kellino Günther Krampf
Editing by	Ray Pitt
Release date(s)	1940
Running time	90 minutes 78 minutes (USA)
Country	UK
Language	English

Convoy is a 1940 British film directed by Pen Tennyson.

Plot summary

A Royal Navy cruiser returns to base to find all leave has been cancelled and they are to start out straight away for a special mission. They are sent to meet a convoy and escort them safely into English coastal waters. One stubborn merchant ship captain refuses to join the convoy and is attacked by a U-boat which sets a trap for the convoy and its escorts.

Cast

• Clive Brook as Captain Tom Armitage
• John Clements as 1st Officer - Lt David Cranford
• Edward Chapman as Capt Eckersley
• Judy Campbell as Lucy Armitage
• Penelope Dudley-Ward as Mabel
• Edward Rigby as Mr Matthews
• Charles Williams as Shorty Howard
• Allan Jeayes as Cmdr. Blount
• Michael Wilding as Dot
• Harold Warrender as Lt. Cmdr. Martin
• David Hutcheson as Capt Sandeman
• George Carney as Bates
• Al Millen as Knowles
• Charles Farrell as Walker
• John Laurie as Gates
• George Benson as Parker
• Hay Petrie as Minesweeper skipper
• Mervyn Johns as Minesweeper's mate
• Albert Lieven as U-Boat commander
• John Wengraf as Cmdr. Deutschland
• Edward Lexy as Merchantman skipper
• John Glyn-Jones as Merchantman's mate
• Patrick Holt as Holt
• Stewart Granger as Sutton

Soundtrack

The music is by Ernest Irving and includes a slowed down version of "Rule Brittania"

External links

• Convoy at the Internet Movie Database
• Convoy is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]