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In Which We Serve
Noël Coward
(1942)
109min
U Certificate
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Review
Our Score
by
Tony Sloman
This wartime propaganda film is a thinly disguised take on the maritime exploits of Lord Mountbatten. Co-directed by the debuting David Lean and Noël Coward, it has matured to become a paean to a lost world. Told in flashback, as a group of stranded sailors await rescue after the sinking of their ship, the film is immensely moving, and contains definitive performances from Coward himself (his speech about his ship, the HMS
Torrin
, is a classic) and Celia Johnson, all chintz, beauty and stoicism in her film debut. Watch out, too, for screen bows from Richard Attenborough, Daniel Massey and an 11-week-old Juliet Mills. A box-office hit in its day, the film was awarded a special Oscar, to Coward for his "outstanding production achievement".
Summary
When a British destroyer is torpedoed during the Battle of Crete, surviving crew members are left clinging to the wreckage and recall their previous adventures at sea - and the reasons why they enlisted for service in the first place. Second World War drama, starring Noel Coward, who co-directed with David Lean, alongside John Mills, Bernard Miles, Celia Johnson and Richard Attenborough.
Cast & Crew
Captain "D"
Noël Coward
O/S "Shorty" Blake
John Mills
CPO Walter Hardy
Bernard Miles
Alix Kinross
Celia Johnson
Mrs Hardy
Joyce Carey
Freda Lewis
Kay Walsh
Number One
Derek Elphinstone
Edgecombe
Frederick Piper
Joey Mackridge
Geoffrey Hibbert
Mr Blake
George Carney
Mrs Blake
Kathleen Harrison
Uncle Fred
Wally Patch
Colonel Lumsden
Walter Fitzgerald
Lavinia Kinross
Ann Stephens
Bobby Kinross
Daniel Massey
"Flags"
Michael Wilding
Maureen Fenwick
Penelope Dudley Ward
"Guns"
Robert Sansom
"Torps"
Philip Friend
Doctor
James Donald
Engineer commander
Ballard Berkeley
Pilot
Hubert Gregg
Young stoker
Richard Attenborough
Director
Noël Coward
Director
David Lean
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Other Information
Language:
English
Black and white
Theatrical distributor:
British Lion Film Corp Ltd
Available on:
video and DVD
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