The Flying Squad (1940 film)

For other films with the same title, see The Flying Squad.
The Flying Squad
Directed by Herbert Brenon
Produced by Walter C. Mycroft
Written by Edgar Wallace (novel)
Doreen Montgomery
Starring Sebastian Shaw
Phyllis Brooks
Jack Hawkins
Basil Radford
Music by Marr Mackie
Cinematography Claude Friese-Greene
Walter J. Harvey
Edited by Monica Kimick
Lionel Tomlinson
Production
company
Distributed by Pathé Pictures International
Release dates
14 October 1940
Running time
64 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

The Flying Squad is a 1940 British crime film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Sebastian Shaw, Phyllis Brooks and Jack Hawkins. It was based on a novel by Edgar Wallace in which the officers of the Flying Squad attempt to tackle a drug-smuggling organisation.[1] [2] The novel had previously been filmed in 1929 and 1932.

Cast

Critical reception

TV Guide wrote, "routine stuff, just as unimaginatively done here as it was in the 1932 film of the same name" ; [3] while Blueprintreview wrote, "to be honest, the story isn’t particularly sophisticated, especially not by today’s standards, but it manages to entertain and hold the attention, even if some of the dialogue feels very unreal – I’m sure police and criminals of that time didn’t speak as posh as they do here!" [4]

References

  1. "The Flying Squad". BFI.
  2. "Flying Squad, The (1940) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
  3. "The Flying Squad". TV Guide.
  4. "Edgar Wallace Presents…The Flying Squad". Blueprint: Review.


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