Gangway (film)
| Gangway | |
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Gaumont British Distributors | |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Gangway is a 1937 British
undercover to unmask a gang of criminals who are planning a jewel heist. AKA as Sparkles in Australia and on Australian release 78rpm records.[2] Jessie Matthews was nicknamed SPARKLE in the film.[3][4]
Plot
Newspaper film critic Pat Wayne (Jessie Matthews) boards an ocean liner to New York to interview glamorous movie star Nedda Beaumont (Olive Blakeney). Once aboard, Pat somehow gets mixed up with a gangster (Nat Pendleton), and a Scotland yard inspector (Barry MacKay), who both mistake her for a female jewel thief called "Sparkle."
Main cast
- Jessie Matthews as Pat Wayne
- Barry MacKay as Bob Deering
- Nat Pendleton as Smiles Hogan
- Alastair Sim as Detective Taggett
- Olive Blakeney as Nedda Beaumont
- Noel Madison as Mike Otterman
- Patrick Ludlow as Carl Freemason
- Liane Ordeyne as Greta Brand
- Graham Moffatt as Joe
- Danny Green as Shorty
- Edmon Ryan as Red Mike
- Lawrence Anderson as Tracy - Press Agent
- Blake Dorn as Benny the Gent
- Peter Gawthorne as Assistant Commissioner Sir Brian Moore
- Henry Hallett as Smithers - Solicitor
- Warren Jenkins as Foreign Dancer
- Michael Rennie as Ship's Officer
- Doris Rogers as Mrs. Sherman Van Tuyl
Critical reception
In a contemporary review, BFI Screenonline wrote, "it is one of the more enjoyable Matthews vehicles and is fast moving enough to please most audiences."[3]
References
- ^ "Gangway (1937)". Archived from the original on 17 August 2017.
- ^ "Gangway (1937)". IMDb.
- ^ a b "BFI Screenonline: Gangway (1937)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
- ^ http://www.jessiematthews.co.uk/gangway.htm (Wayback Machine 2018-09-02)
- ^ "Monthly Film Bulletin review". www.screenonline.org.uk.
- ISBN 0192812866.)
External links
- Gangway at IMDb
- Gangway at the BFI's Screenonline
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