In Which We Serve

12/23/19421h 55m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ You'll Never Forget... ~

Overview:

The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship’s first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains his men not only to be loyal to him and the country, but—most importantly—to themselves.

Director:

Noël Coward

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$250,000.00

Revenue:

$4,450,000.00

Key words:

bravery
world war ii
bomber
based on true story
crew
crete
royal navy
harbor
black and white
sailor
battleship
lifeboat
destroyer
sea battle
naval warfare
dunkirk
naval battle
britannia

Cast

Noël Coward

~ as ~

Captain E. V. Kinross R.N. / Captain 'D'

John Mills

~ as ~

Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake

Bernard Miles

~ as ~

Chief Petty Officer Hardy / Walter Hardy

Celia Johnson

~ as ~

Mrs. Kinross / Alix

Kay Walsh

~ as ~

Freda Lewis / Freda

Joyce Carey

~ as ~

Mrs. Hardy / Kath

Derek Elphinstone

~ as ~

No. 1

Michael Wilding

~ as ~

Flags

Robert Sansom

~ as ~

Guns

Philip Friend

~ as ~

Torps

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
7
A film that continues to divide opinion even now as it recounts the exploits of HMS "Torrin" a Royal Navy destroyer during WWII. I have to say that I found this to be just a little too much of a propaganda instrument than I was comfortable with - but it was made during the war, and it is very easy to be sitting now judging the activities of those who were actually risking their lives on an hourly basis, and of those charged with maintaining morale. Noël Coward heads this up as an almost aristocratic and really rather wooden "Captain Kinross" but the ensemble cast - John Mills, Bernard Miles, Richard Attenborough, Kay Walsh and Joyce Carey are much more engaging as the nuts and bolts characters and their spouses. The story is related in flashback form as the ship has been torpedoed and the sailors are in the sea awaiting rescue (or death) and delivers a poignant and thought-provoking evaluation not just of wartime behaviour, but of attitudes too.