Midshipman Easy (1935)

Directed by

Carol Reed

Genre

adventure film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 10m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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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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