And it had a lot of similarities to 'In Which We Serve' (1942), which I thought was actually the better of the two films overall. Curt thanks – Meg, Luke, Amy, Will and Sophie, Mum & Dad, Ewen & Rhoda, Dean, Beau, Stacey, Ian Haug, Ed Fraser, Rod Daniel, Daniel Boyle, Craig Pitchers, Mat and his family – Naoko, Jonah and Mia For instance, I was surprised by Air Craftsman Milliken and the fact that he wasn't in prison for being a blatant homosexual, but I suppose during the war they took all the willing help that they could get and I'm all for diversity in the forces, I just couldn't believe how obvious they were making it with his character in this film from 1954, way before the change in the law in 1967. By that time the boat hadn't moved for about fifteen years,but sometimes,deep into a summer's evening dope - induced reverie I was sure I could vaguely hear the mighty roar of its two engines racing out into the Channel.

PRODUCER'S SUCCESS STORY". The Sun. No.13760. New South Wales, Australia. 18 March 1954. p.46 (LATE FINAL EXTRA) . Retrieved 22 September 2020– via National Library of Australia. I think most veterans from all arms of the military would recognise what this story is most focussed on.... it is neither about any one individual in the cast or about providing the viewer with wild excitement and action.... there is both in this movie but the main plot for me is about the way monotony and routine can influence the individuals decision making and the consequences for that on others...!I think some reviewers are missing what this movie is trying to portray..... for me anyway..... that is the continuous monotony for many, especially so close to the end of the war, of such sea rescue patrols.... this for me is highlighted or more obvious from the scenes involving the Entertainment Officer at the base and his discussions with the CO responsible for finding and retrieving the vital information and the important passenger before the Germans do.... whilst the CO is under pressure from the powers that be and his own personal determination to find and rescue the downed crew... he is being asked to approve somewhat irrelevant and mundane plans such as preparing and informing service personnel for civilian life and dealing with small issues like petty theft or rather theft by finding (as it was called) It's rather second-tier stuff but it belongs to a genre that was much better than most of the material being put on the screen, like the sad rendering of Norman Mailers "The Naked and the Dead" or the soap operatic "Battle Cry." The whole thing was quite drawn out, but oddly, I couldn't see where it could be altered to give it a better pace. Although, having said that, the editing and film quality in general was poor and that was a shame because it really wasn't that bad a story, if a bit of a repetition of others available, with it's theme of being stranded in a lifeboat and dangerously close to the enemy, whilst aircraft strafed the water around them with bullets.

John Harris (18 October 1916 – 7 March 1991) was a British novelist. He published a series of crime novels featuring the character Inspector Pel, and war books. He wrote with his own name, and also with the pseudonyms of Mark Hebden and Max Hennessy. His 1953 novel The Sea Shall Not Have Them was the basis for a feature film of the same name in 1954. He was the father of Juliet Harris, who published more Inspector Pel books under the name of Juliet Hebden. INCIDENT IN THE CHANNEL". The Beaudesert Times. Vol.XXXVI, no.1835. Queensland, Australia. 1 October 1943. p.1 . Retrieved 22 September 2020– via National Library of Australia. Vagg, Stephen (23 September 2020). "The Emasculation of Anthony Steel: A Cold Streak Saga". Filmink.

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Meanwhile, a base tries to organise a rescue attempt, as one of the missing soldier's girlfriend frets, and an overzealous corporal is more interested in nailing one of the evacuees for the supposed theft of army property, than ensuing his safe return. It all takes place in a British society still ridden with class differences, where "steady on, old chap" was a common phrase, and foreigners where generally depicted as being slightly odd. A. H. Weiler (13 June 1954). "By Way of Report: Disney Cameramen to Go to Far Places For New Nature Studies -- Addenda". The New York Times. This wasn't the film that I thought it was going to be, especially not based on the synopsis that the TV had provided. I was expecting to hear all the stories of the various individuals depicted as they waited to be rescued or to rescue. Reminiscences of days gone by and confessions of naughty things, because they thought that death was coming for them, but it was much more basic than that. Referring to the film's title, Noël Coward said of the film's two male stars, "I don't see why not. Everyone else has." Redgrave was reportedly bisexual, while Bogarde was homosexual. [12]