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Old Iron (1938)

Old Iron poster
Directed by
Tom Walls
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 20m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of people get involved with an old battleship. The story follows their attempts to save the vessel from being scrapped.

lightheartedbritishwhimsicalplayfulnostalgicunderstated

What happens

Old Iron is a 1938 British comedy-drama film directed by Tom Walls and starring Walls, Richard Ainley, Henry Hewitt, Eva Moore and Cecil Parker. It was written by Ben Travers and was made at Shepperton Studios. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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