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Radio Pirates

Radio Pirates

1935Movie⏱️ 1h 29m
Musical
4.8
IMDB Rating
79 votes

A music composer, disheartened by the failure of BBC radio to play any of his compositions, decides to set up his own pirate radio station.

Director
Ivar Campbell
Writers
N/A
Stars
Leslie French, Mary Lawson, Warren Jenkins
Release Date
August 18, 1935
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
💬 4
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

👤
Leslie French
as Leslie
👤
Mary Lawson
as Mary
Warren Jenkins
Warren Jenkins
as Willie Brooks
Enid Stamp-Taylor
Enid Stamp-Taylor
as Enid
Hughie Green
Hughie Green
as Impressionist
Kenneth Kove
Kenneth Kove
as Thos Turner, Undertaker
👤
Roy Fox and his Band
as Themselves
👤
Teddy Brown
as Self - Xylophonist
👤
Hal Booth
👤
Ernest Borrow
as Plainclothes Policeman in Nightclub

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Production
Sound City

🏷️ Keywords

radiofailure

🎯 Categories

Musical

⭐ Featured Review

P.BQ.
by richardchatten2021-11-02
5/10

"The Houses of Parliament are covered in even more scaffolding than usual in this lively quota quickie gracefully photographed by Hone Glendining with a plot that anticipates Radio Caroline and a climax that anticipates 'My Learned Friend'. (The casual nature of the enterprise is indicated by the fact that the leads use their real first names.) Leslie French makes his film debut playing what was probably his only big screen lead, flanked by appearances from everyone from a floppy-haired young Hughie Green impersonating Mae West to hefty xylophone player Teddy Brown (who delivers the ..."

💡 Did You Know?

Hughie Green does impressions of Mae West and Maurice Chevalier

📖 Synopsis

A music composer, disheartened by the failure of BBC radio to play any of his compositions, decides to set up his own pirate radio station.