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Director:
Lewis Gilbert
Writers:
Lewis Gilbert
John Harris (novel)
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Release Date:
June 1955 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Drama | War See more »
Tagline:
SURGING DRAMA! Excitement that leaps from the screen!
Plot:
During WW2, a British bomber equipage is forced down in the British Chanel. Trying to keep the moral... See more » | Add synopsis »
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Good film but poor process work See more (4 total) »

Cast

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Michael Redgrave ... Air Commodore Waltby

Dirk Bogarde ... Flight Sgt. MacKay
Anthony Steel ... Flying Officer Treherne
Nigel Patrick ... Flight Sgt. Singsby
Bonar Colleano ... Sgt. Kirby
James Kenney ... Cpl. Skinner
Sydney Tafler ... Cpl. Robb
Griffith Jones ... Group Capt. Todd
Jack Watling ... Flying Officer Harding
Guy Middleton ... Squadron Leader Scott
Ian Whittaker ... A.C.2 Milliken
Paul Carpenter ... Lt Patrick Boyle, Sea Otter Pilot
George Rose ... Tebbitt
Victor Maddern ... Gus Westover
Eddie Byrne ... Petty Officer Porter
Anton Diffring ... German Pilot
Gudrun Ure ... Kirby's Fiancee (as Ann Gudrun)
Rachel Kempson ... Mrs. Waltby
Joan Sims ... Hilda Tebbitt
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Balfour ... Dray
Nigel Green ... Met Officer Howard
Glyn Houston ... Knox
Moultrie Kelsall ... Wing Commander Dixon
Jack Lambert ... Squadron Leader Craig
Michael Ripper ... Botterhill
Jack Taylor ... Robinson
Graham Stark ... Corporal (uncredited)
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Directed by
Lewis Gilbert 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Lewis Gilbert 
John Harris  novel
Vernon Harris 

Produced by
Daniel M. Angel .... producer
Anthony Nelson Keys .... associate producer
 
Original Music by
Malcolm Arnold 
 
Cinematography by
Stephen Dade 
 
Film Editing by
Russell Lloyd 
 
Art Direction by
Bernard Robinson 
 
Makeup Department
Nell Taylor .... makeup artist (as Nel Taylor)
 
Production Management
George R. Busby .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Basil Keys .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
H.C. Pearson .... recording director
 
Special Effects by
Cliff Richardson .... special effects
 
Stunts
Robert Porter .... stunt double (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Moray Grant .... camera operator
 
Music Department
Muir Mathieson .... musical director
 
Other crew
Betty Forster .... continuity
 

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Runtime:
91 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
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Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:U
Filming Locations:
Alliance Film Studios, St Margarets, Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK
Company:
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Did You Know?

Trivia:
The NFT in London planned to show this movie in the 1990s as part of a Lewis Gilbert season but had to cancel the screening when they found out no cinema prints existed.See more »
Goofs:
Anachronisms: When Gp Capt Todd is speaking to Mrs Watley at the railway station two airmen wearing the three-bladed propellor badge of the Senior Aircraftman pass by. This rank was not introduced until 1950.See more »

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Good film but poor process work, 11 December 2010
Author: malcolmgsw from london

As far as i am aware there are really only 2 British films about Air-Sea rescue ,this film and For Those In Peril.I believe that the earlier film is superior not just because it stars David Farrar who is far better than Anthony Steel,but it has a far more realistic feel.This film is hurt by its inept process work.Nearly every scene featuring Anthony Steel and most of those in the dinghy are clearly shot either on a sound stage or the studio tank and in my view this severely detracts from the realistic feel the film needs to impart.Also at the climax we have the rather strange effect of the boat being shrouded in fog and then in a blazing sun.Quite odd.We have all the usual banter of the lower ranks with some fine performances from a great cast.Incidentally Bonar Cellano who plays an airman and Michael Balfour ,an engineer,were great friends in real life.Alas they had a car crash,Balfour survived but Cellano did not/A real loss to the British cinema as he had made his home here.

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