The Flying Squad (1940 film)
Introduction '''''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 based on a 1928 novel by Edgar Wallace, which had been previously filmed under the same title in 1929 (silent) and1932.
Plot Officers of the Flying Squad attempt to tackle a  drug-smuggling organisation.
Cast * Sebastian Shaw as Inspector Bradley* Phyllis Brooks as Ann Perryman* Jack Hawkins as Mark McGill* Basil Radford as Sederman* Ludwig Stössel as Li Yoseph* Manning Whiley as Ronnie Perryman* Kathleen Harrison as Mrs. Schifan* Cyril Smith as Tiser* Henry Oscar as Sir Edward, Police Commissioner* Kynaston Reeves as Magistrate* Allan Jeayes as Johnson
Critical reception In ''British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959'' David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Not very good. "TV Guide wrote, "routine stuff, just as unimaginatively done here as it was in the 1932 film of the same name".
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