Gangway

Gangway - 1937 | 90 mins | Musical | B&W

The Production Team

Director: Sonnie Hale.
Producer: Michael Balcon.
Script: Lesser Samuels. (story by Dwight Taylor)
Cinematography: Glen MacWilliams.
Editing: Al Barnes.
Art Direction: Alfred Junge.
Costume Design: P.L. Carttel and Marianne.
Sound Department: A. O'Donoghue.
Original Music: Al Goodhart, Al Hoffman and Samuel Lerner.

The Cast

Jessie Matthews - Pat Wayne
Barry MacKay - Bob
Nat Pendleton - Smiles
Alastair Sim - Taggett
Olive Blakeney - Nedda Beaumont
Noel Madison - Otterman
Patrick Ludlow - Carl
Liane Ordeyne - Greta
Graham Moffatt - Joe
Danny Green - Shorty

Plot Synopsis

Directed by her then-husband Sonnie Hale, Gangway is a Jessie Matthews comedy-musical based on a Dwight Taylor story.

A plucky London newspaper journalist, Pat Wayne (Jessie Matthews), boards a transatlantic ocean liner in hopes of interviewing a prominent Hollywood starlet Nedda Beaumont. Scotland Yard Inspector Deering is looking for a jewel thief nicknamed Sparkles, and also climbs onboard. Unfortunately, the inspector doesn't know the actual identity of the thief and his prime suspect becomes the hapless reporter who also finds herself pursued by a determined gangster "Smiles" Hogan who has made the same assumption. Before the ship docks in New York, the reporter is kidnapped and forced to work for the gangster's boss. Fortunately, the inspector finally discovers the thief's true identity and brings her to justice.