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1942 | DIRECTED BY CHARLES FREND

The Big Blockade

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Movie Stats
Year
1942
Runtime
 73 minutes (1 hr 13 mins)
Certificates

U

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Will Hay
Bernard Miles
John Stuart
David Evans
Peter De Greef
John Mills
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First viewed:
27th Jun 2025
Last viewed:
6th Jan 2026
Total views:
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Directed by
charles frend Charles Frend
Starring
Will HayRoyal Navy: Skipper
Bernard MilesRoyal Navy: Mate
John StuartRoyal Navy: Naval Officer
David EvansRoyal Air Force: David, an RAF Officer
Peter De GreefRoyal Air Force: R.A.F. Member
John MillsRoyal Air Force: Tom
Michael RennieRoyal Air Force: George
Leslie BanksCivil Service: Taylor
Morland GrahamCivil Service
John BoxerPress
Cyril ChamberlainPress
Owen ReynoldsPress
Quentin ReynoldsPress: American Journalist
Michael RedgraveRussian
Leif KonowDane
Joss AmblerGerman: Stoltenhoff
Frank CellierGerman: Schneider
Alfred DraytonGerman: Direktor
Marius GoringGerman: Propaganda Officer
Albert LievenGerman: Gunter
Elliott MasonGerman: German Stationmistress
George MerrittGerman: German Shelter Marshal
Robert MorleyGerman: Von Geiselbrecht
Austin TrevorGerman: U-boat Captain
Percy WalshGerman
Charles MinorQuisling
Bernard RebelQuisling
George WoodbridgeQuisling
Ronald Adam
uncredited
German businessman
Victor Beaumont
uncredited
Nazi in Buna Factory
Paul Bonifas
uncredited
Bit Part
Mark Daly
uncredited
Driver
Charles Goldner
uncredited
Italian Officer
Kathleen Harrison
uncredited
Bit Role
Thora Hird
uncredited
German barmaid
Lawrence Kingston
uncredited
Quisling
Frederick Piper
uncredited
Malta official
Ronald Shiner
uncredited
Shipping clerk
Basil Sydney
uncredited
Bit Part
Manning Whiley
uncredited
Naval officer
Michael Wilding
uncredited
Captain
John Williams
uncredited
Voice over
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1942-01-19
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Genres
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War
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News from around the web
The Big Blockade  British Comedy Guide Tue, 26th January 2016

Blitz flicks: Will Hay’s war effort  BFI Sat, 26th December 2015

Haida film marks 40th anniversary of old-growth logging blockade  Terrace Standard Fri, 31st October 2025

A documentary highlighting the 2021 Fairy Creek standoff makes its N.S. debut  CityNews Halifax Sun, 26th October 2025

Last of the large trees: a day at the Errinundra forest blockade  The Guardian Sat, 27th February 2021

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