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Cast
|
Michael Redgrave | As: Air Commodore Waltby |
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Dirk Bogarde | As: Flt Sgt Mackay |
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Jack Watling | As: Flying Officer Harding |
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Bonar Colleano | As: Sgt Kirby |
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Anthony Steel | As: Flying Officer Treherne |
Storyline
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.
Tagline: | SURGING DRAMA! Excitement that leaps from the screen! |
Certification: | NR |
Cast
|
Michael Redgrave |
Air Commodore Waltby |
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Dirk Bogarde |
Flt Sgt Mackay |
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Jack Watling |
Flying Officer Harding |
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Bonar Colleano |
Sgt Kirby |
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Anthony Steel |
Flying Officer Treherne |
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Nigel Patrick |
Flt Sgt Slingsby |
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James Kenney |
Cpl. Skinner |
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Sydney Tafler |
Cpl. Robb |
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Griffith Jones |
Group Capt. Todd |
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Guy Middleton |
Squadron Leader Scott |
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Rachel Kempson |
Mrs. Waltby |
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Joan Sims |
Hilda Tebbitt |
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Anton Diffring |
German Pilot |
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Nigel Green |
Met Officer Howard |
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Michael Ripper |
Botterhill |
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Ian Whittaker |
A.C.2 Milliken |
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Paul Carpenter |
Lt Patrick Boyle, Sea Otter Pilot |
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George Rose |
Tebbitt |
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Glyn Houston |
Knox |
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Victor Maddern |
Gus Westover |
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Eddie Byrne |
Petty Officer Porter |
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Jack Taylor |
Robinson |
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Michael Balfour |
Dray |
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Gudrun Ure |
Kirby's Fiancee |
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Jack Lambert |
Squadron Leader Craig |
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Moultrie Kelsall |
Wing Commander Dixon |
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Graham Stark |
Corporal (Uncredited) |
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Patrick Jordan |
Flight Sergeant(uncredited) |
Directed By
|
Lewis Gilbert |
Director |
|
Betty Forster |
Script Supervisor |
Writing Credits
|
Vernon Harris |
Writer |
|
Lewis Gilbert |
Writer |
|
John Harris |
Novel |
Production Crew
|
Daniel M. Angel |
Producer |
Edited By
|
Russell Lloyd |
Editor |
Costume and Makeup
Sound
|
Malcolm Arnold |
Music |
|
Muir Mathieson |
Music Director |
|
Eric Cass |
Boom Operator |
|
Malcolm Arnold |
Original Music Composer |
Visual Effects
Camera
|
Stephen Dade |
Director of Photography |
|
Moray Grant |
Camera Operator |
Lighting
Art Department
|
Bernard Robinson |
Art Direction |
Other Crew
|
Cliff Richardson |
Special Effects |
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