UK Release date: 7 April 1938 (original release); 20 March 1944 (re-issue)
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 1 July 1950
Genre: Adventure
Country: UK
Running time: 104 minutes (colour)
Director: Zoltan Korda
Cast: Sabu, Raymond Massey & Roger Livesey
Australian Distributor: London Films
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Lyceum theatre for two weeks from 5 May 1950 supported by Johnny Comes Flying Home
Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 5-W-1
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 118 | 177 |
| EF PPE | 4.21 | 129 |
| Metres Travelled | 270,456 | 287 |
| Average MT | 9,659 | 301 |
| Engagements | 28 | 281 |
| Slots | 29 | 300 |
| Weeks | 1 | 284 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 3.57% | 298 |
| Saturdays | 12 | 185 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 42.86% | 147 |
| Tuesdays | 15 | 138 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 53.57% | 80 |
| First billed | 25 | 149 |
| Second billed | 3 | 234 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Hoyts ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 19 |
| Ratio | 67.86% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -24.50% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 5 |
| Ratio | 17.86% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 12.47% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 4 |
| Ratio | 14.29% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 12.05% |
| Hoyts eng | 13 |
| Ratio | 46.43% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -19.35% |
| Independent eng | 5 |
| Ratio | 17.86% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 6.36% |
| Suburban eng | 10 |
| Ratio | 35.71% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 12.99% |
Notes: British colour colonial classic still looked good twelve years on and was worthy enough to slot in to those gaps left by The Third Man. 28 engagements only but most on top billing, albeit on Tuesdays. Still cracked the 100 EF points mark, fine effort considering its patchwork purpose.
The Drum (RR) engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| Collingwood | Austral | Suburban | 1/7/50 | 1 | S | 1 | Argyle Secrets |
| Prahran | Empress | Hoyts | 1/7/50 | 1 | S | 1 | It’s Not Cricket |
| Port Melbourne | Eclipse | Hoyts | 1/7/50 | 1 | T | 1 | It’s Not Cricket |
| Richmond | Cinema | Hoyts | 1/7/50 | 1 | T | 1 | It’s Not Cricket |
| St.Kilda | Memorial | Hoyts | 1/7/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Gay Amigo |
| Newmarket | Newmarket | Suburban | 8/7/50 | 2 | S | 1 | Argyle Secrets |
| Brunswick | Alhambra | Hoyts | 8/7/50 | 2 | S | 1 | It’s Not Cricket |
| Coburg | Town Hall | Hoyts | 8/7/50 | 2 | S | 1 | Madness of the Heart |
| Essendon | Plaza | Hoyts | 8/7/50 | 2 | S | 1 | It’s Not Cricket |
| Richmond | Globe | Suburban | 8/7/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Argyle Secrets |
| Essendon | Circle | Hoyts | 8/7/50 | 2 | T | 1 | It’s Not Cricket |
| Footscray | Barkly | Hoyts | 15/7/50 | 3 | S | 1 | It’s Not Cricket |
| Fairfield | Fairfield | Suburban | 22/7/50 | 4 | S | 1 | Argyle Secrets |
| North Melbourne | Loco | Independent | 29/7/50 | 5 | S | 1 | Green Promise |
| Hartwell | Regal | Suburban | 29/7/50 | 5 | T | 1 | Blondie Hits the Jackpot |
| Northcote | Northcote | Suburban | 29/7/50 | 5 | T | 1 | Abandoned |
| Elwood | Broadway | Independent | 12/8/50 | 7 | S | 2 | The Small Back Room |
| Box Hill | Regent | Suburban | 19/8/50 | 8 | S | 1 | Homicide |
| Reservoir | Plaza | Independent | 26/8/50 | 9 | T | 1 | My Dog Rusty |
| North Richmond | Victoria | Independent | 16/9/50 | 12 | T | 1 | Flaxy Martin |
| Caulfield | Crystal Palace | Suburban | 16/9/50 | 12 | T | 2 | Interference |
| Malvern | New | Hoyts | 16/9/50 | 12 | T | 2 | Interference |
| Malvern East | Verne | Suburban | 4/11/50 | 19 | S | 1 | Adventure in Baltimore |
| Preston | Circle | Hoyts | 11/11/50 | 20 | T | 1 | Once Upon a Dream |
| Coburg West | Progress | Independent | 28/4/51 | 44 | T | 1 | Forbidden |
| Bentleigh | Bentleigh | Hoyts | 5/5/51 | 45 | T | 1 | Decision of Christopher Blake |
| Hampton | Southern | Hoyts | 5/5/51 | 45 | T | 1 | Decision of Christopher Blake |
| Yarraville | St. George | Suburban | 19/5/51 | 47 | T | 1 | Vigilantes Return |
The 1950 Project 