---
title: 'The Big Blockade (1942)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Charles Frend'
released: '1942-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-big-blockade-1942'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034512/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Big Blockade (1942)

1942 · Documentary, Drama, War, Comedy · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Big Blockade is a 1942 British black-and-white dramatised documentary war propaganda film directed by Charles Frend and starring Will Hay, Leslie Banks, Michael Redgrave and John Mills. It was written by Frend and Angus MacPhail, and was produced by Michael Balcon for Ealing Studios, in collaboration with the Ministry of Economic Warfare.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Charles Frend](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-frend)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Richard Addinsell](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-addinsell)
- **Producer:** [Michael Balcon](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-balcon)
- **Director of Photography:** [Douglas Slocombe](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-slocombe), [Wilkie Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilkie-cooper)
- **Editor:** [Compton Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/compton-bennett)

## Cast

- [Leslie Banks](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-banks)
- [Ronald Shiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-shiner)
- [Will Hay](https://cinepixo.com/people/will-hay)
- [Michael Redgrave](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-redgrave)
- [Robert Morley](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-morley)
- [John Mills](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-mills)

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