The Frozen Limits

{{short description|1939 film}} {{more citations needed|date=April 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox film | name = The Frozen Limits | image = The Frozen Limits.jpg | caption = | director = Marcel Varnel | producer = Edward Black | writer = {{ubl|Marriott Edgar|Val Guest|J. O. C. Orton}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|The Crazy Gang|Moore Marriott|Bernard Lee}} | music = {{ubl|Louis Levy|Charles Williams}} | cinematography = Arthur Crabtree | editing = R. E. Dearing | studio = Gainsborough Pictures | distributor = General Film Distributors | released = {{Film date|1939|11}} | runtime = 84 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = English | budget = | gross = }}

'''''The Frozen Limits''''' is a 1939 British comedy western film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Jimmy Nervo, Bud Flanagan, Teddy Knox, Chesney Allen and Charlie Naughton a group of entertainers commonly known as The Crazy Gang.<ref>Mayer p.144</ref> It was written by Val Guest.<ref name="edward">{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-british-film-moguls-ted-black/|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|date=1 December 2024|access-date=1 December 2024|title=Forgotten British Film Moguls: Ted Black}}</ref>

Produced by Gainsborough Pictures it was shot at Islington Studios in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alex Vetchinsky.

==Plot summary== {{Expand section|date=October 2011}} A group of British pioneers decide to take part in the 1898 Alaska and Yukon goldrush having read about it in the newspaper which wrapped up their fish and chips. Their main problem is that it is now 1939.

==Cast== * Jimmy Nervo as Cecil * Bud Flanagan as Bud * Teddy Knox as Teddy * Chesney Allen as "Ches" * Charlie Naughton as Charlie * Jimmy Gold as Jimmy * Moore Marriott as Tom Tiddler * Eileen Bell as Jill * Anthony Hulme as "Tex" O'Brien * Bernard Lee as Bill McGrew * Eric Clavering as "Foxy"

==Reception== According to ''Kinematograph Weekly'' it did well at the British box office in January 1940.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Kinematograph Weekly|title=Quality maintained despite blitz conditions|url=https://archive.org/details/kinematograph-weekly/1941/Kinematograph%20Weekly%20%231760%20%281941-01-09%29%20%28BNA%29/page/n26/mode/1up?|first=Josh|last=Billings|date=9 January 1941|page=26}}</ref>

==References== <references/>

==Bibliography== * Mayer, Geoff. ''Guide to British Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003.

==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0031350|title=The Frozen Limits}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Frozen Limits, The}} Category:1939 films Category:1939 English-language films Category:British Western (genre) comedy films Category:1930s Western (genre) comedy films Category:British black-and-white films Category:Films directed by Marcel Varnel Category:Films with screenplays by Marriott Edgar Category:1939 comedy films Category:Gainsborough Pictures films Category:Islington Studios films Category:1939 British films Category:Films scored by Charles Williams (composer) Category:Films scored by Louis Levy Category:English-language Western (genre) comedy films