Channel Crossing
Channel Crossing – 1933 | 67mins | Thriller | B&W
Plot Synopsis
Drama set aboard a channel steamer bound for Calais, Lang plays a wealthy Dutch financier who has forged stock and is on the brink of exposure. When his secretary’s boyfriend discovers his guilty secret he threatens to blackmail Lang; who panics and throws the man overboard. The ship’s captain organises a search party, and the soaked blackmailer is rescued. Lang realises the error of his ways.
Production Team
Milton Rosmer: Director
Alfred Junge: Art Direction
Philip Tannura: Cinematography
Gordon Conway: Costume Design
Daniel Birt: Editing
Angus MacPhail: Producer
Ian Dalrymple: Producer
Angus MacPhail: Script
Cyril Campion: Script
A Birch: Sound Department
Cast
Matheson Lang: Jacob Van Eeden
Constance Cummings: Marion Slade
Edmund Gwenn: Trotter
Anthony Bushell: Peter Bradley
Dorothy Dickson: Vi Guthrie
Nigel Bruce: Nigel Guthrie
Douglas Jefferies: Dr Walkley
HG Stoker: Captain RH Kilbee
Viola Lyel: Singer