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In Which We Serve

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In Which We Serve

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Second World War drama starring Noël Coward and John Mills. HMS Torrin is lost after being dive-bombed in the Battle of Crete. However, the memories of her surviving crew re-create the inspiring story of the ship, and those who served on board her.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

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".

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Cast

rolenameCaptain "D"Noël CowardO/S "Shorty" BlakeJohn MillsCPO Walter HardyBernard MilesAlix KinrossCelia JohnsonMrs HardyJoyce CareyFreda LewisKay WalshNumber OneDerek ElphinstoneEdgecombeFrederick PiperJoey MackridgeGeoffrey HibbertMr BlakeGeorge CarneyMrs BlakeKathleen HarrisonUncle FredWally PatchColonel LumsdenWalter FitzgeraldLavinia KinrossAnn StephensBobby KinrossDaniel Massey"Flags"Michael WildingMaureen FenwickPenelope Dudley Ward"Guns"Robert Sansom"Torps"Philip FriendDoctorJames DonaldEngineer commanderBallard BerkeleyPilotHubert GreggYoung stokerRichard Attenborough

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rolenameDirectorNoël CowardDirectorDavid Lean

Details

Theatrical distributor

British Lion Film Corp Ltd

Released on

1942-09-17

Languages

English

Available on

video and DVD

Formats

Black and white

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