The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954)
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.
Director: Lewis Gilbert
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Michael Redgrave as Air Commodore Waltby |
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Dirk Bogarde as Flt Sgt Mackay |
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Jack Watling as Flying Officer Harding |
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Bonar Colleano as Sgt Kirby |
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Anthony Steel as Flying Officer Treherne |
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Nigel Patrick as Flt Sgt Slingsby |
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James Kenney as Cpl. Skinner |
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Sydney Tafler as Cpl. Robb |
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Griffith Jones as Group Capt. Todd |
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Guy Middleton as Squadron Leader Scott |
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Rachel Kempson as Mrs. Waltby |
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Joan Sims as Hilda Tebbitt |
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Anton Diffring as German Pilot |
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Nigel Green as Met Officer Howard |
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Michael Ripper as Botterhill |
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Ian Whittaker as A.C.2 Milliken |
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Paul Carpenter as Lt Patrick Boyle, Sea Otter Pilot |
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George Rose as Tebbitt |
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Glyn Houston as Knox |
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Victor Maddern as Gus Westover |
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Eddie Byrne as Petty Officer Porter |
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Jack Taylor as Robinson |
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Michael Balfour as Dray |
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Gudrun Ure as Kirby's Fiancee |
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Jack Lambert as Squadron Leader Craig |
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Moultrie Kelsall as Wing Commander Dixon |
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Graham Stark as Corporal (Uncredited) |
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Patrick Jordan as Flight Sergeant(uncredited) |
| Directing | Lewis Gilbert | Director |
| Writing | Lewis Gilbert | Writer |
| Writing | Vernon Harris | Writer |
| Writing | John Harris | Novel |
| Production | Daniel M. Angel | Producer |
| Sound | Malcolm Arnold | Music |
| Camera | Stephen Dade | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Russell Lloyd | Editor |
| Art | Bernard Robinson | Art Direction |
| Directing | Betty Forster | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Muir Mathieson | Music Director |
| Camera | Moray Grant | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Cliff Richardson | Special Effects |
| Sound | Eric Cass | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Malcolm Arnold | Original Music Composer |
