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Breakers Ahead is a 1935 British drama film directed by Anthony Gilkison and starring Barry Livesey, Roddy Hughes and Cicely Oates.^[1] It was produced at Shepperton Studios as a quota quickie and is also known by the alternative title The Lady of Pendower.^[2] It included scenes of Cornish wrestling featuring Francis Gregory.

Synopsis

In Cornwall two fishermen are bitter rivals. One unsuccessfully tries to drown another. However he later redeems himself by saving the other during a storm at the cost of his own life.

Cast

Barry Livesey as George Kenyon
April Vivian as Stella Trevarthon
Billy Holland as Bob Pentreath
Roddy Hughes as Will
Cicely Oates as Aunt Martha
Richard Worth as Skipper
Francis Gregory as Champion Cornish wrestler^[3]

References

^ Wood p.81
^ Chibnall p.282
^ Cornish wrestling in Lady of Pendower, Kinematograph Weekly, 28 June 1934, p37-38.

Bibliography

Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

Breakers Ahead at IMDb

[1] Wood p.81

[2] Chibnall p.282

[KW28061934-3] Cornish wrestling in Lady of Pendower, Kinematograph Weekly, 28 June 1934, p37-38.

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