The Flying Squad (1940 film)

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) and 1932.

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".