The Flying Squad (Original title)Edgar Wallace's the Flying Squad (Alternative title)
Date: 14 October 1940 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Herbert Brenon
Synopsis: A woman comes to suspect that her employer is really the drug smuggler who murdered her brother.
Genre: Police drama
Subject: Smuggling
Releases
Date: 14 October 1940Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 63 mins Length: 5679 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1722 18 Apr 1940: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v139 n6 11 May 1940
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v139 n6 11 May 1940: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v7 n76 April 1940 Page: 62
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v7 n76 April 1940: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v54 n4403 17 Apr 1940
Title: [Today's Cinema - v54 n4403 17 Apr 1940: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(9)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: VHS cassetteLine standard: 525Colour standard: NTSCBFI identifier: C-565415
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 5479 FeetBFI identifier: C-863672
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Video materials(2)
Description: VHS cassetteLine standard: 525Colour standard: NTSCBFI identifier: C-565415
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital BetacamLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1940-10-14BFI identifier: N-476948
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(7)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 5394 FeetStock date: 1940BFI identifier: C-58742
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 5479 FeetBFI identifier: C-863672
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 5444 FeetStock date: 1940BFI identifier: C-58743
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 5444 FeetStock date: 1940BFI identifier: C-58744
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 5476 FeetStock date: 1961BFI identifier: C-58741
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: MuteLength: 5468 FeetBFI identifier: C-863671
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: SoundLength: 5418 FeetStock date: 1995BFI identifier: C-863675
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 14 October 1940 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Herbert Brenon
Synopsis: A woman comes to suspect that her employer is really the drug smuggler who murdered her brother.
Genre: Police drama
Subject: Smuggling
Releases
Date: 14 October 1940Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 63 mins Length: 5679 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(10)
Presents: Associated British Picture Corporation, [Producer]: Walter C. Mycroft, Scenario: Doreen Montgomery, Above the Title Credit [for Novel]: Edgar Wallace, Photography: Walter Harvey, Film Editor: Lionel Tomlinson, Monica Kimick, Settings: John Mead, Studio: Elstree Studios
Cast
(12)
Phyllis Brooks (Ann Perryman), Sebastian Shaw (Detective Inspector Bradley), Jack Hawkins (Mark McGill), Manning Whiley (Ronnie Perryman), Cyril Smith (Tiser), Basil Radford (Sedeman), Ludwig Stossel (Li Joseph), Kathleen Harrison (Mrs Schiffan), Henry Oscar (Sir Edward, police commissioner), P. Knyaston Reeves (magistrate), Allan Jeayes (Johnson), Wally Patch ([bargee])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(4)
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1722 18 Apr 1940Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1722 18 Apr 1940: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v139 n6 11 May 1940
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v139 n6 11 May 1940: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v7 n76 April 1940 Page: 62
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v7 n76 April 1940: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v54 n4403 17 Apr 1940
Title: [Today's Cinema - v54 n4403 17 Apr 1940: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(9)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: VHS cassetteLine standard: 525Colour standard: NTSCBFI identifier: C-565415
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 5479 FeetBFI identifier: C-863672
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Video materials(2)
Description: VHS cassetteLine standard: 525Colour standard: NTSCBFI identifier: C-565415
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital BetacamLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1940-10-14BFI identifier: N-476948
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(7)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 5394 FeetStock date: 1940BFI identifier: C-58742
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 5479 FeetBFI identifier: C-863672
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 5444 FeetStock date: 1940BFI identifier: C-58743
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 5444 FeetStock date: 1940BFI identifier: C-58744
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 5476 FeetStock date: 1961BFI identifier: C-58741
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: MuteLength: 5468 FeetBFI identifier: C-863671
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: SoundLength: 5418 FeetStock date: 1995BFI identifier: C-863675
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film