Drama War
During the autumn of 1944, 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.
Directed by
Lewis Gilbert
Written by
Lewis Gilbert, Vernon Harris
Guy Middleton
Squadron Leader Scott
Nigel Green
Met Officer Howard
Patrick Jordan
Flight Sergeant(uncredited)
Dirk Bogarde
Flt Sgt Mackay
Michael Redgrave
Air Commodore Waltby
Michael Ripper
Botterhill
Anton Diffring
German Pilot
Victor Maddern
Gus Westover
James Kenney
Cpl. Skinner
George Rose
Tebbitt
Anthony Steel
Flying Officer Treherne
Joan Sims
Hilda Tebbitt
Nigel Patrick
Flt Sgt Slingsby
Gudrun Ure
Kirby's Fiancee
Eddie Byrne
Petty Officer Porter
Bonar Colleano
Sgt Kirby
Rachel Kempson
Mrs. Waltby
Jack Watling
Flying Officer Harding
Graham Stark
Corporal (Uncredited)
Glyn Houston
Knox
Moultrie Kelsall
Wing Commander Dixon
Griffith Jones
Group Capt. Todd
Paul Carpenter
Lt Patrick Boyle, Sea Otter Pilot
Sydney Tafler
Cpl. Robb
Jack Lambert
Squadron Leader Craig
Jack Taylor
Robinson
Michael Balfour
Dray

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