The Sea Shall Not Have Them (Digitally Remastered) [DVD]

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Mat thanks – Family and friends for your continued support, Michael Kohler, Steve Kempnich, Ian Haug, Paul Lane, Talon Clemow, Mark Richards, big thanks to Curt Emerton and family Even in 1954 the country was in pretty poor shape and that sort of propaganda was felt necessary.A few years later we were told we had never had it so good and shortly after that we were clearly no longer in the same boat but it had been comforting while it lasted. Vagg, Stephen (23 September 2020). "The Emasculation of Anthony Steel: A Cold Streak Saga". Filmink. The film was shot at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith and Felixstowe in Suffolk. Filming had finished by June 1954. [13] Reception [ edit ] Critical [ edit ]

The movie centered around a plane that had been shot down with the crew having to abandon the plane and get into a rubber raft. And with little time to send a signal, all the authorities know is a wide area where the plane was possibly located. Now a small rescue ship is on the way to see if they can spot possible survivors of a mission that was considered value to the war effort. Even though the concept was interesting, the script for the most part was uneventful. BRITAIN LAUNCHES MORE SEA FILMS". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol.44, no.2, 209. South Australia. 9 October 1954. p.56 . Retrieved 22 September 2020– via National Library of Australia. Posh boys include Anthony Steel and various desk - bound types at the airbase.Michael Redgraves carefully informs us his father was a railway porter just in case we think he was posh(after all,he is an Air Commodore). And it had a lot of similarities to 'In Which We Serve' (1942), which I thought was actually the better of the two films overall.It's rather second-tier stuff but it belongs to a genre that was much better than most of the material being put on the screen, like the sad rendering of Norman Mailers "The Naked and the Dead" or the soap operatic "Battle Cry." The Sea Shall Not Have Them is a gritty realistic war film from the United Kingdom about the men who serve on air sea rescue duty. No glamor here, just professional men doing a job, rescuing air crews down in the North Sea and English Channel. Good location photography on an old Royal Air Force rescue station give a ring of authenticity. PRODUCER'S SUCCESS STORY". The Sun. No.13760. New South Wales, Australia. 18 March 1954. p.46 (LATE FINAL EXTRA) . Retrieved 22 September 2020– via National Library of Australia. Wooden hull,a huge fire risk so that when the hapless AC2?medic sets fire to the stove a full - scale emergency ensues.

The whole thing was quite drawn out, but oddly, I couldn't see where it could be altered to give it a better pace. Although, having said that, the editing and film quality in general was poor and that was a shame because it really wasn't that bad a story, if a bit of a repetition of others available, with it's theme of being stranded in a lifeboat and dangerously close to the enemy, whilst aircraft strafed the water around them with bullets.He married Betty Wragg, [2] daughter of Mr & Mrs H Wragg, of Tenter Street, Rotherham, at St Michael & All Angels Church, Northfield, Rotherham, on 31 January 1947. They had a son, Max (b 1949), who later moved to the USA; and a daughter, Juliet (b 1954), who later moved to France. Juliet continued the Pel detective series created by her father. Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge.

Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 358 And unlike the equivalent American films, where they are all so tough and determined to survive or to go down fighting, this bunch seemed to be happy to give up easily, bar the odd few with a bit more gumption (Redgrave) and most of the rest of them didn't even want to be there in the first place.Producer Dan Angel arranged one of the strongest male casts of the era. [8] It was one of a number of sea-related themes made in Britain following the success of The Cruel Sea. [9] It was one of a number of war movies Anthony Steel made in which he was supporting of an older British star. [10] I watched this film from a muddy looking print currently on YouTube. I hope there are better quality copies out there.

This is a film that says "We're all in the same boat";an important factor in keeping up wartime morale. Meanwhile, a base tries to organise a rescue attempt, as one of the missing soldier's girlfriend frets, and an overzealous corporal is more interested in nailing one of the evacuees for the supposed theft of army property, than ensuing his safe return. It all takes place in a British society still ridden with class differences, where "steady on, old chap" was a common phrase, and foreigners where generally depicted as being slightly odd. Referring to the film's title, Noël Coward said of the film's two male stars, "I don't see why not. Everyone else has." Redgrave was reportedly bisexual, while Bogarde was homosexual. [12] The film title is the motto of the Royal Air Force's Air Sea Rescue Service. [3] Gilbert called it "standard fare" but it "did very well." [4] Plot [ edit ]

I think most veterans from all arms of the military would recognise what this story is most focussed on.... it is neither about any one individual in the cast or about providing the viewer with wild excitement and action.... there is both in this movie but the main plot for me is about the way monotony and routine can influence the individuals decision making and the consequences for that on others...! Meanwhile, a rescue launch full of stereotypes is out looking for them in the mist. There's a mine field. There are German shore batteries that open up on the launch as it speeds to the rescue. The marine footage is real. It's the only action in the film but that's okay because the preceding hour and a half or so has been suspenseful and informative. The humor is a bit too broad to work well. It reminds me a little of Bogart's "Action in the North Atlantic." There's not much action there, either, but one learns about convoys, submarines, and the Merchant Marine. The Sea Shall Not Have Them" isn't really among the best. It does have Malcolm Arnold's stirring martial music going for it, and some stiff-upper-lip acting, but the stereotypes abound. The new kid who screws everything up. The stern, handsome, fair skipper. The tough Flight Sergeant. The hand moaning about his errant wife. The briefcase full of secrets that one of the downed fliers carries. Unfortunately, this ambitious way of telling a story doesn't really work to maintain interest. The characters are either blanks, like Michael Redgrave, who holds the Maguffin, or unappealing. It's an interesting experiment, but like many of them, it doesn't prove its worth.