The Sea Shall Not Have Them

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The Sea Shall Not Have Them

Genres: Drama, War
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Duration: 91 min
Year: 1954
Actors: Michael Redgrave, Dirk Bogarde, Anthony Steel, Nigel Patrick, Bonar Colleano, James Kenney, Sydney Tafler, Griffith Jones, Jack Watling, Guy Middleton, Ian Whittaker, Paul Carpenter, George Rose, Victor Maddern, Eddie Byrne

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 a ...