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.
Directed by Lewis Gilbert
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Cast
Michael Redgrave
Air Commodore Waltby
Dirk Bogarde
Flt Sgt Mackay
Jack Watling
Flying Officer Harding
Bonar Colleano
Sgt Kirby
Anthony Steel
Flying Officer Treherne
Nigel Patrick
Flt Sgt Slingsby
James Kenney
Cpl. Skinner
Sydney Tafler
Cpl. Robb
Griffith Jones
Group Capt. Todd
Guy Middleton
Squadron Leader Scott
Rachel Kempson
Mrs. Waltby
Joan Sims
Hilda Tebbitt
Anton Diffring
German Pilot
Nigel Green
Met Officer Howard
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