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Jack Ahoy (1935)

Jack Ahoy poster
Directed by
Walter Forde
Genre
comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A humble seaman falls for an admiral's daughter while fighting Chinese pirates. The film is a comedy with plenty of action and romance.

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What happens

Jack Ahoy is a 1934 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Jack Hulbert, Nancy O'Neil, Alfred Drayton and Sam Wilkinson." Its plot follows a humble seaman who falls in love with an Admiral's daughter whilst trying to battle Chinese pirates. The film was loosely remade in 1954 as Up to His Neck. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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