| Scott of the Antarctic | |
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| Directed by | Charles Frend |
| Written by | Walter Meade Ivor Montagu Mary Hayley Bell |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon |
| Starring | John Mills James Robertson Justice Barry Letts |
| Cinematography | Osmond Borradaile Jack Cardiff Geoffrey Unsworth |
| Edited by | Peter Tanner |
| Music by | Ralph Vaughan Williams (as Vaughan Williams) |
| Color process | Technicolor |
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| Distributed by | General Film Distributors (UK) |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £371,599[1] |
| Box office | £214,223[1] |
Scott of the Antarctic is a 1948 British adventure film starring John Mills as Robert Falcon Scott in his ill-fated attempt to reach the South Pole. The film more or less faithfully recreates the events that befell the Terra Nova Expedition in 1912.
The film was directed by Charles Frend from screenplay by Ivor Montagu and Walter Meade with "additional dialogue" by the novelist Mary Hayley Bell (Mills' wife). The film score was by Ralph Vaughan Williams, who reworked elements of it into his 1952 Sinfonia antartica. The supporting cast included James Robertson Justice, Derek Bond, Kenneth More, John Gregson, Barry Letts and Christopher Lee.
Much of the film was shot in Technicolor at Ealing Studios in London. Landscape and glacier exteriors were shot in the Swiss Alps and in Norway. Background scenes were shot in the Antarctic islands.