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Noel Coward (writer)
Release Date:
23 December 1942 (USA)
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IT STANDS ALONE - The Greatest Of All Motion Pictures! [Australia theatrical] more
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This "story of a ship," the British destroyer HMS Torrin, is told in flash backs by survivors as they cling to a life raft. | add synopsis
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Nominated for 2 Oscars.
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Noel Cowards' Citizen Kane
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Noel Coward | ... | Captain E. V. Kinross R.N. / Captain 'D' | |
| Derek Elphinstone | ... | No. 1 | |
| Michael Wilding | ... | Flags | |
| Robert Sansom | ... | Guns | |
| Philip Friend | ... | Torps | |
| Ballard Berkeley | ... | Engineer Commander | |
| Hubert Gregg | ... | Pilot | |
| James Donald | ... | Doc | |
| Michael Whittaker | ... | Sub | |
| Kenneth Carten | ... | Sub-Lieutenant R.N.V.R. | |
| John Varley | ... | Secco | |
| Bernard Miles | ... | Chief Petty Officer Hardy / Walter Hardy | |
| Caven Watson | ... | Brodie | |
| John Mills | ... | Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake | |
| Geoffrey Hibbert | ... | Joey Mackeridge |
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USA:115 min
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Sound System)
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There were four classes of destroyers being built for the Royal Navy around the late 1930s - Tribal, Hunt, J/K/N and L/M classes. Given the name HMS Torrin, it cannot belong to the last two classes as all the names of the ships in these classes began with the same initial as the class name. No ships of the Tribal class were built after 1938. HMS Torrin is most likely to have belonged to the Hunt class of destroyer. Ships in the Hunt class were generally named after places in the UK. This matches with the HMS Torrin, as Torrin is a village on the Isle of Skye.
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Revealing mistakes: When a scene is shown in the wardroom, the point of view changes to simulate the ship moving. However the sherry or wine in the glasses does not move at all showing that it is the camera that is moving rather than the 'ship' (or set).
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Featured in War Stories (2006) (TV)
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The life and times of a British WW2 ship told in flashback. Loosely based on the war time experiences of Louis Mountbatten.
A powerhouse classic that drags you in and doesn't let go for a single second. Not only one of the best war films of all time, but the best told from a navy perspective. Hasn't dated one little bit since it was made in 1942.
Actor/Director (with help from David Lean) Coward made the filming as much like reality as possible and the scenes in the tank almost resulted in the drowning of several of the actors - including Coward himself!
If you haven't seen it you really should because it belongs in the highest rank of world cinema.