An RAF officer wishes to fly, but isn't allowed and is posted to the RAF Air Sea Rescue operating in the English Channel.An RAF officer wishes to fly, but isn't allowed and is posted to the RAF Air Sea Rescue operating in the English Channel.An RAF officer wishes to fly, but isn't allowed and is posted to the RAF Air Sea Rescue operating in the English Channel.
Tony Bazell
- Lt. Overton, R.N.
- (as Anthony Bazell)
Peter Arne
- Junior officer
- (uncredited)
Lyn Evans
- Station Porter
- (uncredited)
Robert Moore
- RAF Officer
- (uncredited)
James Robertson Justice
- Operations Room Officer
- (uncredited)
David Wallbridge
- Boy
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn the pub, early on just after P/O Rawlings has joined, Flt. Lt. Murray tells him their boats can do 30 knots. Watch closely - his lips show he says 40 knots. This dub was probably made at the request of military censors since the film was released during WWII. Their boat is HSL 183 which was a Type 2 63 ft. HSL high speed launch craft made by the British Powerboat Company between 1940 and 1942. The boats could achieve over 36 knots, and the later Type 3 had a maximum speed of over 40 knots.
- GoofsThe ship numbers are inconsistent. At c.55 minutes Ship Number 183 is towing Ship Number 156. At c. 58 minutes Ship Number 183 is towing Ship Number 134.
- Crazy credits[Prologue] This film was made with the co-operation of the Admiralty and the Air Ministry and thanks are due to those officers and other ranks of the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force who took part in it. The characters portrayed are fictitious, but the events are based on facts
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"Yes. I knew him..."
Shot in the summer of 1943, at 67 minutes this dramatisation of the contribution of the Air Sea Rescue service to the war effort shot with the cooperation of both the Air Ministry and the Admiralty is technically director Charles Crichton's first feature.
The sound is obviously post-synced but it uses professional actors (wartime audiences were probably already familiar with David Farrar, Ralph Michael & John Slater) and builds up to a suspenseful climax that anticipates by a year 'Western Approaches' (whose long and involved gestation meant that although already well into production still wouldn't be hitting cinemas for several more months to come).
The sound is obviously post-synced but it uses professional actors (wartime audiences were probably already familiar with David Farrar, Ralph Michael & John Slater) and builds up to a suspenseful climax that anticipates by a year 'Western Approaches' (whose long and involved gestation meant that although already well into production still wouldn't be hitting cinemas for several more months to come).
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- Epithesis anamesa stis narkes
- Filming locations
- Ealing Studios, Ealing, London, England, UK(studio: made at)
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- Runtime1 hour 7 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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