ID

FBW001094      Fiction

Country / Year

USA, 1942

Original Title

In Which We Serve

Directed by

Noel Coward, David Lean

Produced by

Two Cities Films, Ltd.

Staff

Producer: Noel Coward; Associate producer: Anthony Havelock-Allan; Script: Noel Coward (based on the experiences of Lord Louis Mountbatten); Camera: Ronald Neame; Editing: Thelma Myers, David Lean; Music: Noel Coward

Cast

Noel Coward (Capt. Kinross); John Mills (Shorty Blake); Bernard Miles (Walter Hardy); Celia Johnson (Alix Kinross); Kay Walsh (Freda Lewis); Joyce Carey (Kath Hardy); Michael Wilding (Flags); Penelope-Dudley Ward (Maureen Fenwick); Philip Friend (Torps); Derek Elphinstone (No. One); Frederick Piper (Edgecombe); Geoffrey Hibbert (Joey Mackeridge); George Carney (Mr. Blake); Kathleen Harrison (Mrs. Blake); Wally Patch (Uncle Fred); James Donald (Doctor); Richard Attenborough (Young Stoker); Walter Fitzgerald (Col. Lumsden); Ann Stephens (Lavinia Kinross); Daniel Massey (Bobby Kinross); Robert Sansom (Guns); Ballard Berkeley (Engineer Commander); Hubert Gregg (Pilot); Kenneth Carten (Sub-lieutenant); Gerald Case (Capt. Jasper Fry); Chimmo Branson (Snotty); Caven Watson (Brodie); Johnnie Schofield (Coxswain); John Boxer (Hollett); Leslie Dwyer (Parkinson); Dora Gregory (Mrs. Lemmon); Lionel Grose (Reynolds); Norman Pierce (Mr. Satterthwaite); Jill Stephens (May Blake); Eileen Peel (Mrs. Farrell); Barbara Waring (Mrs. Macadoo); Kay Young (Barmaid); Everley Gregg (Nurse); Juliet Mills (Frieda's Baby)

Length

115'

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Abstract

The story of the British destroyer Torrin and its crew, commanded by Capt. Kinross, a father figure for his stalwart men. Constructed like a documentary and narrated by Kinross the film recounts the ship's heroic actions. Hit by torpedoes, it survives and is towed back to England for repairs, later participating in the Dunkirk evacuation and naval battles off Crete, where it is dive-bombed and sinks. Rescued and assigned to another destroyer, Kinross and the men are ready to go on defending democracy.

Subject Terms

Anti-Nazi films (US)

Bibliography

- Nash, Ray R. / Ross, Stanley R. / Conelly, Robert B. (Ed.): Motion Picture Guide. Chicago, IL: Cinebooks, 1987