6.6Summary
A British coastal command pilot is charged with neglect when it is thought that he has sunk a British submarine rather than a German U-boat. Unable to live with his actions, he volunteers for a deadly mission. His girlfriend meanwhile tries to prove that he is innocent.
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- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
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Not for laughs or comfort.
Cast
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Michael DenisonRick
Patricia PlunkettMona
Kathleen HarrisonMona's Mother
Maurice DenhamWing Commander Hewitt
Sebastian ShawWing Commander Dickens
Denis O'DeaCaptain Burnaby
Laurence HarveyPO Hooper
David TomlinsonBinks
Joan DowlingMiriam
Joss AcklandO'Neil
Nora SwinburneAdmiral's Wife
Charles VictorMona's Father
A.E. MatthewsAir Raid Warden
Margaretta ScottMrs Burnaby
Paul CarpenterPO Morgan
Edith SharpeRick's Mother
Frederick LeisterAdmiral
Walter HuddProfessor Legge
Margaret BartonRick's Sister
Crew
- Directed by
- Ken Annakin
- Written by
- Nevil Shute, Gilbert Gunn, Talbot Jennings
- Produced by
- Victor Skutezky
- Music by
- Philip Green
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Facts
September 30, 1949 · 1 h 26 min · Violence
- Released
- September 30, 1949
- Runtime
- 1 h 26 min
- Content
- Violence
- Genres
- War, Drama
- Original language
- English
- Made in
- United Kingdom
- Available in
- 23 countries