The Sea Shall Not Have Them

7.2 / 10

(11 votes)

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.

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Drama,

War

Duration:

91 minutes

Year:

1954

Director:

Lewis Gilbert

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Company:

Angel Productions

Cast:
Michael Redgrave

Air Commodore Waltby

Dirk Bogarde

Flt Sgt Mackay

Jack Watling

Flying Officer Harding

Bonar Colleano

Sgt Kirby

Anthony Steel

Flying Officer Treherne

Crew:
Lewis Gilbert

Director

John Harris

Novel

Malcolm Arnold

Music

Russell Lloyd

Editor

Stephen Dade

Director of Photography