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Breakers Ahead (1935)

Breakers Ahead poster
Directed by
Anthony Gilkison
Genre
drama
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
58 min
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A drama set in Cornwall. It follows a story involving local people and includes scenes of Cornish wrestling. The film was shot on location with many residents appearing as extras.

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What happens

Breakers Ahead is a 1935 British drama film directed by Anthony Gilkison and starring Barry Livesey, Roddy Hughes and Cicely Oates. It was produced at Shepperton Studios as a quota quickie and is also known by the alternative title The Lady of Pendower. It included scenes of Cornish wrestling featuring Francis Gregory. Scenes were shot at St Winwaloe's Church, Gunwalloe and Gwithian Sands and hundreds of local people from Penzance were used as extras. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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