Sons of the Sea

Sons of the Sea is a 1939 British colour drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Leslie Banks, Kay Walsh, Mackenzie Ward and Cecil Parker. Synopsis Britain, 1939. The head of Dartmouth Naval College is murdered. His successor, Captain Hyde, believes that he himself was in fact the intended target of the assassination. He soon begins to realise that both British and foreign intelligence agents are at work. He enlists the help of his son, a reluctant sea cadet, to smoke them out. Cast Leslie Banks as Captain Hyde Kay Walsh as Alison Devar Mackenzie Ward as Newton Hulls Cecil Parker as Commander Herbert Simon Lack as Philip Hyde Ellen Pollock as Margaret Hulls Peter Shaw as John Strepte Nigel Stock as Rudd Kynaston Reeves as Professor Devar Charles Eaton as Commander-in-Chief Production Sons of the Sea was filmed during the summer of 1939, just before the outbreak of the Second World War, something explored in the themes of the film.The film's credits claim the film was "Made with full Admiralty co-operation".