Sons of the Sea

Sons of the Sea

1939 · 82 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama, War

The head of Dartmouth Training College has been murdered, and his successor, Captain Hyde, suspects that he himself may have been the intended target. He enlists the help of his own son Philip, a reluctant cadet at the college, to help him confirm his suspicions about planned enemy action... but meanwhile, there is a Secret Service agent staying at the college observatory, the foreign-born professor of astronomy is behaving strangely, and Naval Intelligence disclaim any knowledge of what is going on...

Directed by Maurice Elvey · Written by Gerald Elliott

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Leslie Banks Capt. Hyde
Kay Walsh Alison Devar
Mackenzie Ward Newton Hulls
Cecil Parker Cmdr. Herbert
Simon Lack Philip Hyde
Ellen Pollock Margaret Hulls
Nigel Stock Rudd
Kynaston Reeves Prof Devar
Charles Eaton Commander-in-Chief
Ian Fleming Naval Intelligence Officer
Gordon Begg Waiter
Robert Field Insp. Blake

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