Midshipman Easy is a 1935 British adventure film directed by Carol Reed and starring Hughie Green, Margaret Lockwood, Harry Tate and Robert Adams.

Writing for The Spectator in 1936, Graham Greene praised Carol Reed on his directorial debut, noting that he had "more sense of the cinema than most veteran British directors".

[3] Allmovie noted "a ripping yarn";[4] and Britmovie noted, "a great work of popular entertainment in its own era, Captain Marryat’s novel is a logical subject for the mass audience that attends films," but concluded, "the film’s budget was as limited as other British movies of the period, and most of it was shot at the Ealing Studios in London.

A minor financial and critical success in England, Midshipman Easy did not even strike the British as more than a spirited bit of ephemera and there is very little about the picture to change anyone’s mind today"[5] and NitrateVille wrote, "a rather remarkable little British film, a sort of boy's view of going to sea, that boasts several excellent performances and one that is downright astonishing...a remarkable performance by Robert Adams, a black actor, who plays Mesty.

He's promoted to the rank of corporal and later saves Early's [sic] life by fighting the Italian desperado and throwing him over a cliff.