The Sea Shall Not Have Them

Overview

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

Cast

Michael Redgrave

Air Commodore Waltby

Dirk Bogarde

Flt Sgt Mackay

Jack Watling

Flying Officer Harding

Bonar Colleano

Sgt Kirby

Anthony Steel

Flying Officer Treherne

Nigel Patrick

Flt Sgt Slingsby

James Kenney

Cpl. Skinner

Sydney Tafler

Cpl. Robb

Griffith Jones

Group Capt. Todd

Guy Middleton

Squadron Leader Scott