O.H.M.S.

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O.H.M.S. - 1937 | 87 mins | Comedy, Drama | B&W

The Production Team

Director: Raoul Walsh.
Producer: Sydney Box.
Script: Austin Melford and Bryan Edgar Wallace. (based on the screenplay by Lesser Samuels and Ralph Bettinson)
Cinematography: Roy Kellino.
Editing: Charles Saunders.
Art Direction: Ernö Metzner.
Costume Design: Marianne.
Sound Department: Sydney Wiles.
Original Music: Al Goodhart, Al Hoffman and Maurice Sigler.

The Cast

Wallace Ford - Jimmy Tracy
John Mills - Cpl. Bert Dawson
Anna Lee - Sally Briggs
Grace Bradley - Jean Burdett
Frank Cellier - Regimental Sergeant-Major Briggs

Plot Synopsis

Flag-waving action adventure yarn with impressive battle scenes directed by American Raoul Walsh on a rare loan-out to the Gaumont-British studios.

Hunted for a murder he didn't commit, small-time New York racketeer Jimmy (Wallace Ford) flees to England where he poses as a Canadian and ends up in the army. Wise-cracking Jimmy and Bert Dawson (John Mills) become love rivals for the sergeant's beautiful daughter Sally (Anna Lee). When the regiment is posted to China to fight marauding bandits, Jimmy proves himself a hero in action but dies saving others, including Sally.