The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954)

Drama War

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.

Updated May 20 2020

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GB -

1954-06-01

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Keywords:

sea based on novel or book world war ii rescue

FACTS

Runtime: 91 mins Rating: 7.0

Cast

Michael Redgrave

Air Commodore Waltby

Rachel Kempson

Mrs. Waltby

Dirk Bogarde

Flt Sgt Mackay

Michael Ripper

Botterhill

Nigel Green

Met Officer Howard

Anthony Steel

Flying Officer Treherne

Joan Sims

Hilda Tebbitt

Anton Diffring

German Pilot