The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954)

Cast

Nigel Green
as Met Officer Howard
Dirk Bogarde
as Flight Sgt. MacKay
Michael Redgrave
as Air Commodore Waltby
Joan Sims
as Hilda Tebbitt

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Genres & Description

Action Drama War

6.5 / 10

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.

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Comments on this trailer
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Siward Beorn

Fuckn awesome ! NICE JOB! GOOD MAN ! LEST WE FORGET! PEACE LOVE AND LIGHT BRO - @Monday, October 22, 2018 12:39 PM

william york

My Father was a crew chief and waist gunner on a PBY-5 Catalina flying boat. It was of Canadian manufacturer and carried the white and gray camouflage livery of Coastal Command, but with USAAF markings. My Father paid a fellow airman two bottles of scotch whiskey to paint a Vargasesque reclining nose art on it with the name "Miss Pick Up". Now I have seen a similar plan flying at UK air shows, but that plan is not the original. The original "Miss Pick Up" crash landed at sea in the high North Atlantic. I have a photograph of her taken by a crewmen as they paddled away in rubber rafts. In fact that crew was the back up crew, who had voluntiered to take that flight on the cause that my Father's crew had flown three back to back missions. My Father related to me that "Miss Pick Up" worked in conjunction with an RAF rescue launch known as a "Whaleback", and were about seventy feet in length. My memory is sketchy on the subject of call signs, but I believe the Catalina was identified as ALBATROSS, while the Launch was EAGLE, though it could have been the other way around. I'm nearly 65 so it's one or the other. The Launches, crew hosted my Father's crew for dinner once and Father's crew returned the honor. The "Miss Pick Up" rescued many crews and flyers both Allied and German, including one high ranking luftwaffe officer. He threw a fit over having his leather boots cut off. The German officer was transferred to one of those English Country Estates where they kept VIP officers. The CO of that place was a true gentleman. He had his boot maker measure the German and had a pair of boots made, then presented them to the German officer. Your diorama video was quite goodi. It s a really great asset to the history of ASR and couragenes of those men. I thank you very kindly. Best of luck in your future endeavours. - @Sunday, August 19, 2018 1:07 PM

Nitroxinus

This is one fine trailer lemme tell you - @Sunday, June 4, 2017 11:08 AM

LegitGrantham20

A variation of this design became Elcos PT boats! - @Thursday, January 26, 2017 10:04 AM

Non-Prolific 1/35th Scale Model Builder

Wow, the water effects are stunning, Pete! That's just a masterpiece! - @Thursday, November 26, 2015 1:35 PM

Strategic Scale Models

Great display. Your depiction of the water is really good. You really show the speed and urgency of rescue operations. - @Monday, August 31, 2015 2:48 AM

Colonel Reb's Scale Models

Pete, another modeling masterpiece for the museum...what an interesting subject, another I had never seen, so thanks for the historical enlightenment (again!)...My best to you and the misses, hope all is well across the big pond... - @Thursday, August 27, 2015 2:33 AM

Faron Adams

awesome work as always Pete 😃 - @Wednesday, August 12, 2015 9:55 AM

GYRUSS

I love the effects you achieved of the water. It really looks like it is speeding along. - @Tuesday, August 11, 2015 7:48 PM

Steve Watts

Stunning stuff Pete, giving me a head-ache (not because of the imagined fumes) looking at the amount of work, wow. Oh, AND that fiddly aerial. The realism's a knock-out!) - @Monday, August 10, 2015 7:54 AM

TommyBoy ScaleModeling

Wow! Excellent build Pete. I really love this one. Superb build and diorama. - @Monday, August 10, 2015 12:42 AM

PanzermansBunker

Action packed naval diorama. Awesome job on the rescue boat....love the figures on it too. Fantastic water effects....felt a little sea sick...hahahahaha. Wonderful work Pete. Bill. - @Sunday, August 9, 2015 11:25 PM

Coen's Scale Modelling

Wonderful stuff Pete! Love the water work. And and excellent subject as well. I just finished a seascape myself the other day, my first one. No easy task. So well done. Looks awesome!! - @Sunday, August 9, 2015 10:25 PM

Armour Empire

Lovely job. Sure I made this as a kid many moons ago, or was that another may... Ummm. Long time ago. Cracking work Pete. Really nicely done as ever - @Sunday, August 9, 2015 8:19 PM

AlexModeling

beautifful Pete... you can sense the speed:) - @Sunday, August 9, 2015 7:35 PM

blatalus

Mr.Pete, what a great dio, love it all, the boat looks great and superb watereffects,two thumbs up Sir,and stay well - @Sunday, August 9, 2015 6:18 PM

Martin Jakobsen

Stunning, you can almost taste the salt air. - @Sunday, August 9, 2015 6:12 PM