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Jack Ahoy!

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Jack Ahoy! - 1934 | 70mins | Comedy | B&W

The Production Team

Director: Walter Forde.
Producer: Michael Balcon.
Script: Leslie Arliss, Gerard Fairlie, Sidney Gilliat, Jack Hulbert, Austin Melford. (from a story by J.O.C. Orton)
Cinematography: Bernard Knowles.
Art Direction: Alfred Junge.
Original Music: Claude Hulbert and Harry M. Woods.

The Cast

Jack Hulbert - Jack Ponsonby
Nancy O'Neil - Patricia Fraser
Alfred Drayton - Admiral Fraser
Tamara Desni - Conchita
Henry Peterson - Larios
Sam Wilkinson - Dodger

Plot Synopsis

Scripted by Sidney Gilliat and Leslie Arliss, Jack Ahoy is a musical romp starring comedy favourite Jack Hulbert.

Able Seaman Jack Ponsonby is an accident-prone descendant of Lord Nelson and aims to replicate his ancestor's naval heroics. Serving on a battleship bound for Chinese waters, he falls for the Admiral's daughter Patricia (Nancy O'Neil). Jack opportunity for bravery arrives when he, Patricia and her father are kidnapped and held by Chinese revolutionaries.