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The Big Blockade

1942 film by Charles Frend
Movie film Q7717517
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The Big Blockade

Summary

The Big Blockade is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Big Blockade's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • The Big Blockade's director is recorded as Charles Frend[4].
  • The Big Blockade's composer is recorded as Richard Addinsell[5].
  • The Big Blockade's genre is recorded as war film[6].
  • The Big Blockade's genre is recorded as drama film[7].
  • The Big Blockade's genre is recorded as comedy drama[8].
  • The Big Blockade's genre is recorded as propaganda film[9].
  • The Big Blockade's genre is recorded as documentary film[10].
  • The Big Blockade's cast member is recorded as Leslie Banks[11].
  • The Big Blockade's cast member is recorded as John Mills[12].
  • The Big Blockade's cast member is recorded as Michael Redgrave[13].
  • The Big Blockade's cast member is recorded as Ronald Shiner[14].
  • The Big Blockade's cast member is recorded as Will Hay[15].
  • The Big Blockade's cast member is recorded as Robert Morley[16].
  • The Big Blockade's producer is recorded as Michael Balcon[17].
  • The Big Blockade's production company is recorded as Ealing Studios[18].
  • The Big Blockade's director of photography is recorded as Wilkie Cooper[19].
  • The Big Blockade's director of photography is recorded as Douglas Slocombe[20].
  • The Big Blockade's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0034512[21].
  • The Big Blockade's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[22].
  • The Big Blockade's color is recorded as black-and-white[23].
  • The Big Blockade's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[24].
  • The Big Blockade's publication date is recorded as +1942-01-01T00:00:00Z[25].
  • The Big Blockade's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02q32qg[26].
  • The Big Blockade's Internet Archive ID is recorded as the-big-blockade[27].

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Authorship and Creation

The Big Blockade's producer is recorded as Michael Balcon[17]. Its director is recorded as Charles Frend[4]. Cast members include Leslie Banks[11], John Mills[12], Michael Redgrave[13], Ronald Shiner[14], Will Hay[15], and Robert Morley[16].

Publication

The Big Blockade's publication date is recorded as +1942-01-01T00:00:00Z[25]. Its original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[22]. Genres include war film[6], drama film[7], comedy drama[8], propaganda film[9], and documentary film[10].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include World War II[28] and seamanship[29].

Why It Matters

The Big Blockade ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30]

Related Entities

England film John Mills London Michael Redgrave Norway Robert Morley United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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