# Our Fighting Navy > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Our_Fighting_Navy > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Our_Fighting_Navy.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Fighting_Navy > Source revision: 1339459684 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Use British English|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox film | name = Our Fighting Navy | image =File:Our Fighting Navy.jpg | caption = American poster | director = [Norman Walker](/source/Norman_Walker_(director)) | producer = [Herbert Wilcox](/source/Herbert_Wilcox) | writer = {{ubl|[H.T. Bishop](/source/H.T._Bishop)|[Gerald Elliott](/source/Gerald_Elliott)|[Harrison Owen](/source/Harrison_Owen)|[Guy Pollock](/source/Guy_Pollock)|[L. DeCosta Ricci](/source/L._DeCosta_Ricci)}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|[Robert Douglas](/source/Robert_Douglas_(actor))|[Richard Cromwell](/source/Richard_Cromwell_(actor))|[Hazel Terry](/source/Hazel_Terry)}} | music = [Noel Gay](/source/Noel_Gay) | cinematography = [Claude Friese-Greene](/source/Claude_Friese-Greene) | editing = [Winifred Cooper](/source/Winifred_Cooper) | studio = [Herbert Wilcox Productions](/source/Herbert_Wilcox_Productions) | distributor = [General Film Distributors](/source/General_Film_Distributors) | released = {{Film date|1937|04|21|df=yes}} | runtime = 66 minutes (US release) | country = United Kingdom | language = [English](/source/English_language) | budget = | gross = }} '''''Our Fighting Navy''''' (also known as '''''Torpedoed''''' and '''''The Navy Eternal'''''{{Cite web |title=Our Fighting Navy |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150237454 |access-date=5 January 2026 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}) is a 1937 British [action film](/source/action_film) directed by [Norman Walker](/source/Norman_Walker_(director)) and starring [Robert Douglas](/source/Robert_Douglas_(actor)), [Richard Cromwell](/source/Richard_Cromwell_(actor)) and [Hazel Terry](/source/Hazel_Terry).{{Cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/306119 |title=BFI | Film & TV Database | OUR FIGHTING NAVY (1937) |access-date=29 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505222101/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/306119 |archive-date=5 May 2009 |url-status=dead }} It was written by [H.T. Bishop](/source/H.T._Bishop), [Gerald Elliott](/source/Gerald_Elliott), [Harrison Owen](/source/Harrison_Owen), [Guy Pollock](/source/Guy_Pollock) and [L. DeCosta Ricci](/source/L._DeCosta_Ricci). ==Plot== A British warship intervenes to protect British subjects and prevent a rebellion in a South American republic. ==Cast== * [Robert Douglas](/source/Robert_Douglas_(actor)) as Captain Markham * [Richard Cromwell](/source/Richard_Cromwell_(actor)) as Lieutenant Bill Armstrong * [Hazel Terry](/source/Hazel_Terry) as Pamela Brent * [H.B. Warner](/source/H.B._Warner) as Brent, British Consul * [Noah Beery](/source/Noah_Beery) as Presidente of Bianco * [Esme Percy](/source/Esme_Percy) as Diego de Costa * [Frederick Culley](/source/Frederick_Culley) as Admiral * [Henry Victor](/source/Henry_Victor) as Lieutenant d'Enriquo * [Binkie Stuart](/source/Binkie_Stuart) as Jennifer * [Julie Suedo](/source/Julie_Suedo) as Juanita * [Richard Ainley](/source/Richard_Ainley) as Lieutenant (uncredited) ==Production== The film was made by [Herbert Wilcox Productions](/source/Herbert_Wilcox_Productions) at [Pinewood Studios](/source/Pinewood_Studios).{{Cite book |last=Wood |first=Linda |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-british-films-1927-1939.pdf |title=British Films, 1927–1939 |publisher=[British Film Institute](/source/British_Film_Institute) |year=1986 |pages=91 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016015016/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-british-films-1927-1939.pdf |archive-date=16 October 2022}} The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/art_director) [Lawrence P. Williams](/source/Lawrence_P._Williams). The film's credits state that the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) provided warships and extras. == Release == It was given an American release in 1938 with a reduced running time.{{Citation needed|date=January 2026}} The dialogue adaptation for the French dub version was carried out by [Jean Devaivre](/source/Jean_Devaivre) and the film was released in France under the title {{lang|fr|Choc en mer|italic=default}} (''Shock at Sea'') in 1938.{{Citation needed|date=January 2026}} ==Reception== ''[The Monthly Film Bulletin](/source/The_Monthly_Film_Bulletin)'' wrote: "The story and the dialogue might have been taken from a boy's magazine, the love interest is weak and lamely told, so that we do not mind about the heroine's plight, and the actors are not given enough to do to show themselves to advantage. The film is neither good entertainment nor effective propaganda."{{Cite journal|date=1 January 1937|title=Our Fighting Navy|id={{ProQuest|1305800508}}|magazine=[The Monthly Film Bulletin](/source/The_Monthly_Film_Bulletin)|volume=4|issue=37|pages=76}} ''[Kine Weekly](/source/Kine_Weekly)'' wrote: "In many ways the film is schoolboy stuff – the plot is naive and the scene of much of the action is reminiscent of comic opera – but by making the most of Service co-operation and resolutely sounding the patriotic note it finally aspires to pretty good mass entertainment. The acting of the principals is above the average, and there is a spectacular culminating thrill. ... Robert Douglas is rather young for the role of naval captain, but he, nevertheless, puts over a sound portrayal; H. B. Warner is dignified as Brent, and Noah Beery and Esme Percy are good as the President and rebel leader respectively ... Topographically the film is artificial, and the development is not too clear, but the detail is occasionally graphic, the machinery of modern warfare is adequately displayed and spectacle comes at the right place, the climax. The authentic trimmings, shrewdly tinged with appropriate sentiment, cover many of the narratal shortcomings."{{Cite journal|date=29 April 1937|title=Our Fighting Navy|id={{ProQuest|2338207906}}|magazine=[Kine Weekly](/source/Kine_Weekly)|volume=242|issue=1567|pages=43}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{IMDb title|0029357}} {{Authority control}} {{Norman Walker}} Category:1937 films Category:1930s action films Category:British action films Category:1937 English-language films Category:Films directed by Norman Walker Category:Films set in South America Category:Films about naval warfare Category:Films shot at Pinewood Studios Category:British black-and-white films Category:1937 British films Category:English-language action films --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Our Fighting Navy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Fighting_Navy) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Fighting_Navy?action=history)). 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