A British aircraft is forced to ditch in the
North Sea. Taking to the dinghy with the crew is an Air Commodore with secret German plans. An
RAF Air Sea Rescue launch is deployed to the search, struggling against bad weather, mechanical problems and a fire in the galley.
The film's title seemed ironic to
Noël Coward. Referring to the film's title, Coward once said of the film's two male stars, "I don't see why not. Everyone else has."
[1]Redgrave was reportedly bisexual, while Bogarde was homosexual.
[1] This film was one of several films about war that Lewis Gilbert would make in England. He followed this film up with others set in
World War II, including
Reach For The Sky and
Sink the Bismarck!, both starring
Kenneth More. He also directed
H.M.S. Defiant, which, in contrast, was set during the
Age of Sail, along with
The 7th Dawn, which was set in revolutionary racked
Malaysia after the Second World War, with
William Holden,
Capucine, and
Susannah York.
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External links[edit]
- The Sea Shall Not Have Them at the British Film Institute's Film and TV Database
- The Sea Shall Not Have Them at the Internet Movie Database
- A British aircraft is forced to ditch in the North Sea. Taking to the dinghy with the crew is an agent with secret German plans. An RAF Air Sea Rescue launch is deployed to the search, struggling against bad weather, mechanical problems and a fire in the galley.
- The Sea Shall Not Have Them is a 1954 British war film starring Michael Redgrave, Dirk Bogarde and Anthony Steel. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert and is based on the 1953 novel by John Harris, set during the Second World War. Musical soundtrack by composer Malcolm Arnold. The film title is the motto of the Royal Air Force's Air Sea Rescue Service.Cast
Michael Redgrave as Air Commodore Waltby
Dirk Bogarde as Flight Sergeant Mackay
Anthony Steel as Flying Officer Treherne
Nigel Patrick as Flight Sergeant Singsby
Bonar Colleano as Sergeant Kirby
James Kenney as Corporal Skinner
Sydney Tafler as Corporal Robb
Griffith Jones as Group Captain Todd
Jack Watling as Flying Officer Harding
Guy Middleton as Squadron Leader Scott
Ian Whittaker as A.C.2 Milliken
Paul Carpenter as Lt. Patrick Boyle, Sea Otter Pilot
George Rose as Tebbitt
Victor Maddern as Gus Westover
Eddie Byrne as Petty Officer Porter
Anton Diffring as German Pilot
Gudrun Ure as Kirby's Fiancee
Rachel Kempson as Mrs. Waltby
Joan Sims as Hilda Tebbitt
Michael Balfour as Dray
Nigel Green as Met. Officer Howard
Glyn Houston as Knox
Moultrie Kelsall as Wing Commander Dixon
Jack Lambert as Squadron Leader Craig
Michael Ripper as Botterhill
- The Sea Shall Not Have Them at AllMovie
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