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The Sea Shall Not Have Them

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.

1954 |1h 31m |  Drama, War

Cast

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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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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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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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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

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