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When watching this film, I think it imperative that you cast your mind (or imagination) back to just how precarious things were in Britain in 1942. The pack-hunting U-boat tactics operational in the Atlantic were proving effective for the Nazis, and causing significant shortages.…
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The Big Blockade
67%
Movie
1h 13m
AI Analysis
The Big Blockade (1942) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Big Blockade (1942) — a movie tagged as Drama and War with epic moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war. Our models also surface themes such as war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~73 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Big Blockade 67% (6 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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67%
from 6 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1942-01-19
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- TMDB rating
- 6.7
- TMDB ID
- 212820
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Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war.
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The official runtime for The Big Blockade is approximately 73 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
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
- L
Leif Konow
Dane
John Stuart
Royal Navy: Naval Officer
Morland Graham
Civil Service
John Boxer
Press
Cyril Chamberlain
Press
- E
Elliott Mason
German: German Stationmistress
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When watching this film, I think it imperative that you cast your mind (or imagination) back to just how precarious things were in Britain in 1942. The pack-hunting U-boat tactics operational in the Atlantic were proving effective for the Nazis, and causing significant shortages. It is against that backdrop that the usually jocular Will Hay takes on the more serious role of a Royal Navy Captain working on a blockade of supplies reaching the Reich. Ably assisted by Bernard Miles and a cast of thousands including John Mills, Leslie Banks, Michael Rennie and their on-screen counterparts Albert Lieven, Marius Goring and a curiously cast Robert Morley, they keep it moving, rather dryly, for 70-odd minutes. It is not a very good piece of cinema, indeed it may well have come from the Army Cinematograph Unit by the looks of it - but it served a purpose, and that ought not to be underestimated as it rolls along.
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