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RUNTIME
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Tight 78-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Q Ships
1928 1h 18m EN
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8.0
BANGER
★8.0TMDB · 1
War
Synopsis
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During World War I, the British navy disguised some of its warships as civilian cargo ships, known as Q Ships, in order to fool the Germans. German U-boat commander Capt. Von Haag spots one of these ships, commanded by Adm. Sims, in the English Channel and begins tracking it, leading to a war of nerves between Von Haag and Sims.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
J.P. Kennedy
Adm. William Sowden Sims
Roy Travers
Capt. von Hagg
Douglas Herald
Capt.-Lt. Stockmar - U-Boat 24
Jack McEwan
Ober-Lt. Schwartz - U-Boat 24
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Geoffrey Barkas
- Writers
- Michael Barringer
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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Fun facts 🍿
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Geoffrey Barkas directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 78-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 298 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4J.P. Kennedy and Roy Travers and Douglas Herald carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0019298 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 78 min · 1h 18m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- IMDB
- Q Ships (1928)
Also by
Geoffrey Barkas
Production companies
Who made it
- BI
BIF
GB
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1928-06-28
