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In Which We Serve (1942)

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War/Drama · 1h 54m · 3/27/2012

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In the midst of World War II, the renowned playwright Noël Coward engaged a young film editor named David Lean to help him realize his vision for an action drama about a group of Royal Navy sailors—roles that would be filled by Coward himself, Bernard Miles, and John Mills, among others—fighting the Germans in the Mediterranean. Coward and Lean ended up codirecting the large-scale project—an impressive undertaking, especially considering that neither of them had directed a film before (this would be Coward's only such credit). Eloquently cutting between a major naval battle and flashbacks to the men's lives before they left home, In Which We Serve is a sensitive and stirring piece of propaganda and was a major screen breakthrough for both men, as well as an Oscar nominee for best picture.

Release Country

United States

Release Date

3/27/2012

Media Type

Movie

Audio

English

PCM

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Studio

Two Cities Films/British Lion Films/Carlton Film Distributors Limited/The Noël Coward Foundation/The David Lean Foundation/British Film Institute (BFI)/ITV Studios Global Entertainment/Janus Films/The Criterion Collection

Subtitles

English

Video Format

1080p

Aspect Ratio

1.37:1

Cover Type

Digipack

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David Lean Directs Noël Coward

Cast

Noël Coward

Capt. E.V. Kinross R.N. - Captain 'D' (as Noel Coward)

John Mills

Ordinary Seaman Shorty Blake

Bernard Miles

Chief Petty Officer Walter Hardy

Celia Johnson

Mrs. Alix Kinross

Kay Walsh

Freda Lewis

Joyce Carey

Mrs. Kath Hardy

Derek Elphinstone

No. 1

Michael Wilding

Flags

Robert Sansom

Guns

Philip Friend

Torps

Chimmo Branson

Midshipman

Ballard Berkeley

Engineer Commander

Hubert Gregg

Pilot

James Donald

Doc

Michael Whittaker

Sub

Kenneth Carten

Sub-Lieutenant R.N.V.R.

John Varley

Secco

Caven Watson

Brodie

Geoffrey Hibbert

Joey Mackeridge

Richard Attenborough

Young Stoker

Frederick Piper

Edgecombe

Lionel Grose

Reynolds

Leslie Dwyer

Parkinson

Charles Russell

Fisher

John Singer

Moran

Robert Moreton

Coombe

John Boxer

Hollett

Kenneth Evans

Posty

Johnnie Schofield

Coxswain

Franklyn Bennett

Cmdr. Spencer (as Franklin Bennett)

Charles Compton

No. 1. 'Tremoyne'

Walter Fitzgerald

Col. Lumsden

Gerald Case

Jasper

Daniel Massey

Bobby Kinross

Ann Stephens

Lavinia Kinross

Kathleen Harrison

Mrs. Blake

Dora Gregory

Mrs. Lemmon

Penelope Dudley-Ward

Maureen (as Penelope Dudley Ward)

Barbara Waring

Mrs. Macadoo

Eileen Peel

Mrs. Farrell

Lesley Osmond

Nell Fosdick

Josie Welford

Emily

Kay Young

Barmaid

Trixy Scales

Mona Duke (as Trixie Scales)

George Carney

Mr. Blake

Wally Patch

Uncle Fred

Michael Anderson

Albert Fosdick (as Mickey Anderson)

Jill Stephens

May Blake

Everley Gregg

Nurse

Roddy Hughes

Photographer

Norman Pierce

Mr. Satterthwaite

Juliet Mills

Freda's Baby

Neville Chamberlain

Self (voice) (archive sound)

John Brabourne

Soldier in the Dunkirk Sequence (uncredited)

Robin Burns

Survivor Crewman (uncredited)

Jeremy Hawk

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Leslie Howard

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Al Millen

Rescued sailor (uncredited)

Crew

Noël Coward

Director

David Lean

Director

Noël Coward

Writer

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