In Which We Serve (1942)
The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship’s first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains his men not only to be loyal to him and the country, but—most importantly—to themselves.
Directors: Noël Coward, David Lean.
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Noël Coward as Captain E. V. Kinross R.N. / Captain 'D' |
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John Mills as Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake |
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Bernard Miles as Chief Petty Officer Hardy / Walter Hardy |
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Celia Johnson as Mrs. Kinross / Alix |
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Kay Walsh as Freda Lewis / Freda |
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Joyce Carey as Mrs. Hardy / Kath |
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Derek Elphinstone as No. 1 |
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Michael Wilding as Flags |
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Robert Sansom as Guns |
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Philip Friend as Torps |
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Chimmo Branson as Midshipman |
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Ballard Berkeley as Engineer Commander |
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Hubert Gregg as Pilot |
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James Donald as Doc |
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Michael Whittaker as Sub |
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Kenneth Carten as Sub-Lieutenant R.N.V.R. |
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John Varley as Secco |
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Caven Watson as Brodie |
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Geoffrey Hibbert as Joey Mackeridge |
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Richard Attenborough as Young Stoker |
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Frederick Piper as Edgecombe |
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Lionel Grose as Reynolds |
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Leslie Dwyer as Parkinson |
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Charles Russell as Fisher |
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John Singer as Moran |
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Robert Moreton as Coombe |
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John Boxer as Hollett |
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Kenneth Evans as Posty |
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Johnnie Schofield as Coxswain |
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Franklyn Bennett as Commander Spencer |
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Charles Compton as № 1. "Tremoyne" |
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Walter Fitzgerald as Colonel Lumsden |
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Gerald Case as Jasper |
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Daniel Massey as Bobby Kinross |
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Ann Stephens as Lavinia Kinross |
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Kathleen Harrison as Mrs. Blake |
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Dora Gregory as Mrs. Lemmon |
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Penelope Dudley-Ward as Maureen |
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Barbara Waring as Mrs. Macadoo |
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Eileen Peel as Mrs. Farrell |
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Lesley Osmond as Nell Fosdick |
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Josie Welford as Emily |
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Kay Young as Barmaid |
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Trixie Scales as Mona Duke |
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George Carney as Mr. Blake |
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Wally Patch as Uncle Fred |
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Michael Anderson as Albert Fosdick |
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Jill Stephens as May Blake |
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Everley Gregg as Nurse |
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Roddy Hughes as Photographer |
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Norman Pierce as Mr. Satterthwaite |
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Juliet Mills as Freda's Baby |
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Leslie Howard as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| Directing | Noël Coward | Director |
| Directing | David Lean | Director |
| Writing | Noël Coward | Writer |
| Production | Herbert Smith | Producer |
| Production | Noël Coward | Producer |
| Sound | Noël Coward | Music |
| Editing | Thelma Connell | Editor |
| Camera | Ronald Neame | Director of Photography |
| Art | David Rawnsley | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tony Sforzini | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Douglas Woolsey | Special Effects |
| Camera | Guy Green | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Norman Spencer | Third Assistant Director |
| Directing | Tom Payne | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Kenneth Horne | First Assistant Director |
| Editing | Norah Walsh | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Jim Body | Clapper Loader |
| Camera | B. Francke | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Alfred Roberts | Scenic Artist |
| Camera | Max Rosher | Still Photographer |
| Sound | C. C. Stevens | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Anthony Havelock-Allan | Associate Producer |
| Art | G. E. Calthrop | Other |
| Crew | T. W. J. Lawlor | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | I. T. Clark | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | C. R. E. Compton | Technical Advisor |
| Production | Michael Anderson | Unit Manager |
| Production | Sydney Streeter | Production Manager |
| Art | William C. Andrews | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | C.P. Norman | Set Dresser |
| Camera | Derick Williams | Additional Camera |
| Sound | Muir Mathieson | Conductor |