Jack Ahoy

Jack Ahoy

Directed by	Walter Forde
Produced by	Michael Balcon
Written by	Gerard Fairlie Sidney Gilliat Leslie Arliss Jack Hulbert Gerard Fairlie
Based on	a story by Sidney Gilliat & J. O. C. Orton
Starring	Jack Hulbert
Music by	Bretton Byrd (uncredited)
Cinematography	Bernard Knowles
Edited by	Ian Dalrymple
Production company	Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
Release dates	February 1934 (UK)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Jack Ahoy is a 1934 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Jack Hulbert, Nancy O'Neil, Alfred Drayton and Sam Wilkinson.^[1] Its plot follows a humble seaman falls in love with an Admiral's daughter, whilst trying to battle Chinese pirates.^[2] The film was loosely remade in 1954 as Up to His Neck.^[3]

Plot

After failing to pass his entrance exam to Dartmouth Naval College, Jack Ponsonby (Jack Hulbert) enlists as an able seaman. On falling in love with the admiral's daughter Patricia (Nancy O'Neil), Jack stumbles into an adventure involving a den of Chinese river pirates who have stolen a British submarine. Anxious to prove himself a hero in Patricia's eyes, he manages to rescue both the admiral and his daughter, when they are kidnapped by the bandits.

Cast

Jack Ponsonby - Jack Hulbert
Patricia Fraser - Nancy O'Neil
Admiral Fraser - Alfred Drayton
Conchita - Tamara Desni
Larios - Henry Peterson
Dodger - Sam Wilkinson

Critical reception

The New York Times called it "An engaging bit of nonsense, acted to the point of sheer physical exhaustion by Mr. Hulbert and his companions, the picture can be recommended as a refreshing escape from the more serious things of life and the cinema";^[4] and more recently, the Radio Times gave the film three out of five stars, and wrote, "Hulbert sings The Hat's on the Side of My Head and gets kidnapped by Chinese revolutionaries! There's a nice pace and an easy-going air of geniality brought to this maritime caper by skilled director Walter Forde, and its sheer breeziness is infectious."^[5]

References

External links

Jack Ahoy at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Walter Forde

What Next? (1928)
The Silent House (1929)
Wait and See (1929)
Would You Believe It! (1929)
You'd Be Surprised! (1930)
Red Pearls (1930)
The Last Hour (1930)
Lord Richard in the Pantry (1930)
Bed and Breakfast (1930)
Third Time Lucky (1931)
The Ringer (1931)
The Ghost Train (1931)
Splinters in the Navy (1931)
Condemned to Death (1932)
Lord Babs (1932)
Jack's the Boy (1932)
Rome Express (1932)
Orders Is Orders (1934)
Chu Chin Chow (1934)
Jack Ahoy (1934)
Bulldog Jack (1935)
Brown on Resolution (1935)
King of the Damned (1935)
Land Without Music (1936)
Kicking the Moon Around (1938)
The Gaunt Stranger (1938)
Let's Be Famous (1939)
The Four Just Men (1939)
Cheer Boys Cheer (1939)
Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939)
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940)
Saloon Bar (1940)
Sailors Three (1940)
Gasbags (1941)
The Ghost Train (1941)
Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It (1941)
Atlantic Ferry (1941)
Flying Fortress (1942)
The Peterville Diamond (1943)
It's That Man Again (1943)
Time Flies (1944)
One Exciting Night (1944)
Master of Bankdam (1947)
Cardboard Cavalier (1949)

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