This film was made in 1937 before the escalation of events to war.Since the censor would not allow any adverse comment about Germany film makers had to invent fictitious events in banana republics in South America.Here the British.Navy goes to the rescue when a revolution is brewing.Whilst one understands the necessity of utilising American actors it becomes rather irritating when the young navy officer is played by Richard Cromwell,under the guise of being Canadian.Also featured is Noah Berry as the President and H.B.Warner,born in London,as the British Counsel.Cromwell and his girlfriend,get caught up in events and are taken as captives for ransom against the President who is hold up in the British consulate.The sad aspect is that the rebel ship is the battlefields HMS Royal Oak.This ship was unfortunately torpedoed in Scapa Flow with the loss of 833 members of the crew.Likewise it is torpedoed in this film and Cromwell and Terry are saved.You would have thought that they would have changed the American title from Torpedoed.
Review of Torpedoed
