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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.

Genres: Drama, War

Starring: Michael Redgrave, Dirk Bogarde, Jack Watling

Released: June 1, 1954

Runtime: 91.0

Popularity Rating: 0.811

Angel Productions

United Kingdom

Air Commodore Waltby Michael Redgrave
Flt Sgt Mackay Dirk Bogarde
Flying Officer Harding Jack Watling
Sgt Kirby Bonar Colleano
Flying Officer Treherne Anthony Steel
Flt Sgt Slingsby Nigel Patrick
Cpl. Skinner James Kenney
Cpl. Robb Sydney Tafler
Group Capt. Todd Griffith Jones
Squadron Leader Scott Guy Middleton
Mrs. Waltby Rachel Kempson
Hilda Tebbitt Joan Sims

Art — Art Direction: Bernard Robinson
Camera — Camera Operator: Moray Grant
Camera — Director of Photography: Stephen Dade
Crew — Special Effects: Cliff Richardson
Directing — Director: Lewis Gilbert
Directing — Script Supervisor: Betty Forster
Editing — Editor: Russell Lloyd
Production — Producer: Daniel M. Angel
Sound — Music: Malcolm Arnold
Sound — Music Director: Muir Mathieson
Writing — Novel: John Harris
Writing — Writer: Lewis Gilbert
Writing — Writer: Vernon Harris