Movie · 1954
The Sea Shall Not Have Them
Released 1 June 1954 More from 1954 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Rachel Kempson
as Mrs. Waltby
Eddie Byrne
as Petty Officer Porter
Anton Diffring
as German Pilot
Michael Balfour
as Dray
George Rose
as Tebbitt
Dirk Bogarde
as Flt Sgt Mackay
Graham Stark
as Corporal (Uncredited)
Nigel Green
as Met Officer Howard
Victor Maddern
as Gus Westover
Joan Sims
as Hilda Tebbitt
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The numbers
20years between the oldest and youngest billed
44Rachel Kempson — oldest on the call sheet
24Joan Sims — youngest billed
34average age of the credited cast