Hell Boats

Hell Boats
Directed byPaul Wendkos
Written byDerek Ford
Donald Ford
Anthony Spinner
Produced byLewis J. Rachmil
StarringJames Franciscus, Elizabeth Shepherd, Ronald Allen
CinematographyPaul Beeson
Edited byJohn S. Smith
Music byFrank Cordell
Production
company
Oakmont Productions
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • 20 March 1970 (1970-03-20)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUK
LanguageEnglish

Hell Boats is a 1970 Technicolor British war film directed by Paul Wendkos that was filmed in Malta. It stars James Franciscus, Elizabeth Shepherd, and Ronald Allen[1] in a story about British Motor Torpedo Boats in the Mediterranean in World War II.[2] It was the last film made by Oakmont Productions, a branch of Mirisch Films.[3] The film's technical advisor was Lieutenant Commander Ian Nagle Douglas Cox, who was awarded the Distinguished Service Order while serving in HMS Malcolm in 1940.[4]

  1. ^ "Hell Boats (1970) - Paul Wendkos | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
  2. ^ "Hell Boats | TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
  3. ^ "Oakmont Productions". BFI. Archived from the original on 30 May 2018.
  4. ^ The London Gazetter, 27 August 1940