Leslie Banks Frank Cellier Will Hay John Mills Robert Morley Michael Redgrave
Cinematography
Wilkie Cooper Douglas Slocombe
Edited by
Compton Bennett Charles Crichton
Music by
Richard Addinsell orchestrated by Roy Douglas
Production company
Ealing Studios
Distributed by
United Artists Ltd (UK)
Release date
19 January 1942 (1942-01-19) (UK)
Running time
73 minutes
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
The Big Blockade was a 1942 British black-and-white war propaganda film in the style of dramatised documentary. It was directed by Charles Frend and starred Will Hay, Leslie Banks, Michael Redgrave and John Mills. It was produced by Michael Balcon for Ealing Studios, in collaboration with the Ministry of Economic Warfare.[1][2][3]
At one stage, the film was known as Siege.[4]
^"News From The Talkie Studios". The Chronicle. Vol. LXXXIV, no. 4, 804. South Australia. 15 January 1942. p. 33. Retrieved 18 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Britain's New War Film". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. II, no. 42. New South Wales, Australia. 31 August 1941. p. 10. Retrieved 18 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
^"San Demetrio LONDON". The World's News. No. 2214. New South Wales, Australia. 13 May 1944. p. 9. Retrieved 18 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia. It intersperses actual film footage with sections of acting.
^"HIGHLIGHTS OF LONDON". Townsville Daily Bulletin. Vol. LXIII, no. 253. Queensland, Australia. 21 October 1941. p. 6. Retrieved 18 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
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