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Midshipman Easy (1935)

Midshipman Easy poster
Directed by
Carol Reed
Genre
adventure film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man in the 1790s runs away from home to join the navy. He goes to sea, rescues a woman from a Spanish ship, and fights pirates and smugglers.

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What happens

Midshipman Easy is a 1935 British adventure film directed by Carol Reed and starring Hughie Green, Margaret Lockwood, Harry Tate and Robert Adams. The screenplay concerns a young man who runs away from home, joins the navy and goes to sea in the 1790s. He rescues a captive woman from a Spanish ship and battles pirates and smugglers. The film was based on the novel Mr Midshipman Easy (1836) by Frederick Marryat. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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