The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1955)

  • NR
  • 06/01/1955 (US)
  • Drama, War
  • 1h 31m

SURGING DRAMA! Excitement that leaps from the screen!

Overview

During autumn of 1944, an RAF Hudson carrying a VIP passenger in possession of highly secret information is shot down and ditches in the North Sea. Fighting the elements and trying to keep up morale, the occupants of the aircraft's dinghy talk about their lives awaiting the rescue they hope will come. The film's title reflects the motto of the RAF's Air Sea Rescue Service, one of whose high speed launches battles against its own mechanical problems, enemy action, time and the weather to locate and rescue the downed crew and the vital secret papers they carry.

Lewis Gilbert

Director, Writer

John Harris

Novel

Vernon Harris

Writer

Cast

Michael Redgrave's headshot

Michael Redgrave

Air Commodore Waltby
Dirk Bogarde's headshot

Dirk Bogarde

Flt Sgt Mackay
Jack Watling's headshot

Jack Watling

Flying Officer Harding
Bonar Colleano's headshot

Bonar Colleano

Sgt Kirby
Anthony Steel's headshot

Anthony Steel

Flying Officer Treherne
Nigel Patrick's headshot

Nigel Patrick

Flt Sgt Slingsby
James Kenney's headshot

James Kenney

Cpl. Skinner
Sydney Tafler's headshot

Sydney Tafler

Cpl. Robb

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