Into the Blue (1950 film)
Into the Blue | |
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British Lion Films | |
Release date | 27 December 1950 |
Running time | 83 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Into the Blue is a 1950 British
It was shot at Isleworth Studios in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director William C. Andrews. Made by Wilcox's independent production company Imperadio, it was distributed by British Lion Films.
Plot
The story opens with Bill, the Skipper, (Edward Rigby), on holiday fishing, as he reminisces about when he once piloted a yacht for a Mr. and Mrs. Fergusson (Jack Hulbert & Constance Cummings). He muses upon how different people all choose their own ideal holiday, (during which re-used scenes with Michael Shepley playing golf, (from an unknown film), and Kathleen Harrison and Jack Warner (actor), both exercising from 1947's Holiday Camp (film)), appear. He remembers that the Fergussons were relaxing on board, and bound for Oslo, Norway; but after leaving England they discovered they had a stowaway, Nicholas, (Michael Wilding), who was on the run from the police. He was asked to take two suitcases to Monte Carlo, but on examination at the airport they contained stolen watches, so he grabbed the cases and ran. All attempts by the couple to remove him from the yacht failed, and they ended up going to Rouen, Paris, and finally Monte Carlo. In the meantime, romance blossomed between Nicholas and Jackie, (Odile Versois), the adopted daughter of the skipper. They eventually planned to marry, but first, Nicholas decided to confront the smugglers, and to turn himself in to the police. Unknown to him, the police had tailed him ever since he left England, and followed him to the hotel, where they overheard him speaking with the head of the smugglers, whom they were trying to capture for years. The smugglers received a prison sentence, but Nicholas, being merely their unwitting pawn, just a caution, so was free to catch up with the yacht, now on its way back to England, and to become his son-in-law.[3]
Cast
- Michael Wilding as Nicholas Foster
- Odile Versois as Jackie
- Jack Hulbert as John Fergusson
- Constance Cummings as Mrs. Kate Fergusson
- Edward Rigby as Bill, the Skipper
- Percy Walsh as Inspector Brilleaux
- Aileen Lewis as Woman in Nightclub
- Betty Paul as Singer
- Michael Shepley as Golfer
- John Gabriel as Nightclub Manager
- Robert Vossler as French Gendarme
- Jacques Cey as French Gendarme
Critical reception
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References
- ^ "Into the Blue (1950)". Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
- ^ a b "Into the Blue (1951) - Herbert Wilcox - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
- ^ "What did you see last on 16mm? » Into the Blue (1950)".
- ^ "Movie Reviews". The New York Times. 14 February 2022.
- ^ "The Man In The Dinghy".
External links
- Into the Blue at IMDb