---
title: 'The Flying Squad (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Herbert Brenon'
released: '1940-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-flying-squad-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032482/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Flying Squad (1940)

1940 · Drama, Crime · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Flying Squad, also known as Edgar Wallace's The Flying Squad is a 1940 British crime film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Sebastian Shaw, Phyllis Brooks and Jack Hawkins. It was written by Doreen Montgomery based on a 1928 novel by Edgar Wallace, which had been previously filmed under the same title in 1929 (silent) and 1932.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Herbert Brenon](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-brenon)
- **Screenplay:** [Edgar Wallace](https://cinepixo.com/people/edgar-wallace)
- **Producer:** [Walter C. Mycroft](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-c-mycroft)
- **Director of Photography:** [Claude Friese-Greene](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-friese-greene), [Walter J. Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-j-harvey)
- **Editor:** [Monica Kimick](https://cinepixo.com/people/monica-kimick)

## Cast

- [Basil Radford](https://cinepixo.com/people/basil-radford)
- [Jack Hawkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-hawkins)
- [Phyllis Brooks](https://cinepixo.com/people/phyllis-brooks)
- [Sebastian Shaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/sebastian-shaw)

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