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

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