The Sea Shall Not Have Them

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Michael RedgraveAir Commodore Waltby

Dirk BogardeFlt Sgt Mackay

Jack WatlingFlying Officer Harding

Bonar ColleanoSgt Kirby

Anthony SteelFlying Officer Treherne

Nigel PatrickFlt Sgt Slingsby

James KenneyCpl. Skinner

Sydney TaflerCpl. Robb

Griffith JonesGroup Capt. Todd

Guy MiddletonSquadron Leader Scott

Rachel KempsonMrs. Waltby

Joan SimsHilda Tebbitt