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The Second Mate (Original title)
Date: 1950 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: John Baxter

Synopsis: A barge captain joins a gang who are using the river to smuggle goods out of the country to get revenge for a dead friend.

Genre:
Crime
Releases
Date: 1950Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 76 mins Length: 6839 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (23)
Production Company: Elstree Independent Films, Produced by: John Baxter, Associate Producer: Barbara K. Emary, Production Manager: Pat Morton, Producer's Assistant: Robert Jones, Assistant Director: John Moxey, Screenplay by: Barbara K. Emary, John Baxter, Additional Dialogue: Geoffrey Orme, Based on an idea by: Anson Dyer, Director of Photography: Arthur Grant, Camera Operator: Ken Hodges, Editor: Vi Burdon, Art Director: Derek Barrington, Wardrobe: Myra Cullimore, Make-up: Lester Garde, Musical score composed and directed by: Kennedy Russell, Sound Recording: Len Page, Director of Sound: George Burgess, Technical Adviser: L.M. Bates, Technical Adviser: 'Bill' Sims, Studio: Southall Studios
Cast (14)
Gordon Harker (Bill Tomkins), Graham Moffatt (Paddy), David Hannaford (Bobby), Charles Heslop (Hogan), Anne Blake (fortune teller), Byrl Walkley (Kate), Charles Sewell (Joe), Howard Douglas (Dusty), Hamilton Keene (bishop), Sam Kydd (Wheeler), Pat Keogh (Spike), Jane Welsh (Mrs Mead), Pauline Drewett (Pauline), Tom Fallon (police officer)