Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Based on
Based on Landfall: A Channel Story
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Music
Music by Philip Green
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Wilkie Cooper
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Gilbert GunnWriter
- Talbot JenningsWriter
- Nevil ShuteNovel
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 30, 1949
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
Production
Cast
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
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