Our Fighting Navy (1937) Full Movie

Producer Herbert Wilcox took a break from promoting his wife Anna Neagle with the drama "Our Fighting Navy", in which a Royal Navy warship is dispatched to quell an uprising in an unspecified South American country. At the time of production (1936/7) the British film industry was in a very bad state financially, partly because of the inability of most British films to conquer the lucrative US market. In order to help with this, producers contracted American players in the hope that the films would do better in the US. Unfortunately though the players recruited were often not big enough names to guarantee this success. Here we have juvenile lead Richard Cromwell playing a very unconvincing Roal Navy officer, supported by H. B. Warner and Noah Beery. Despite its faults the film has historical interest, featuring H.M.S. Royal Oak that was sunk in 1941 by enemy action. The film did eventually get a release in the US in 1941 under the title "Torpedoed", possibly because of the morbid interest with H.M.S. Royal Oak. Incidentally, this film has never been shown on tv in the UK and has been virtually unseen for over 70 years.

The complete film is presented here for research purposes and is believed not to be in copyright, having been originally protected by the Copyright Acts of 1911, 1956 and 1988. The copyright expired in the UK in 1987 . (The 1988 Act protected films for 50 years from the date of release).

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[AdurianJ]

Royal Oak sank in 1939, maybe you're thinking of HMS Barham which was torpedoed 1941?

[macbrack04]

Many of the men of the Royal Oak died when it sank...it's sinking was kept secret for some time !

[justlokng]

good british navy drama !! thanks for sharing !!!

[AlessandroDeGranazia]

One of the last few films I had yet to see, staring Robert Douglas (Capt Markham). These gems are sadly dated in many ways, which is I suppose why they never get released in modern formats, but I am delighted to have finally seen it now. Cheers.