In Which We Serve
You'll Never Forget... In Which We Serve
1942 | 115m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Noël Coward, David Lean |
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| Writer: | Noël Coward |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 17, 1942 |
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| Director: | Noël Coward, David Lean |
| Writer: | Noël Coward |
| Genres: | Drama, War |
| Keywords | captain, world war ii, crete, bomber, bravery, crew, royal navy, based on true story, harbor, sailor, battleship, lifeboat, destroyer, sea battle, naval warfare, dunkirk, naval battle, britannia |
| Production Companies | Two Cities Films, J. Arthur Rank Organisation, British Lion Film Corporation |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Noël Coward | Captain E. V. Kinross R.N. / Captain 'D' |
| John Mills | Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake |
| Bernard Miles | Chief Petty Officer Hardy / Walter Hardy |
| Celia Johnson | Mrs. Kinross / Alix |
| Kay Walsh | Freda Lewis / Freda |
| Joyce Carey | Mrs. Hardy / Kath |
| 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 | Commander Spencer |
| Charles Compton | № 1. "Tremoyne" |
| Walter Fitzgerald | Colonel Lumsden |
| Gerald Case | Jasper |
| Daniel Massey | Bobby Kinross |
| Ann Stephens | Lavinia Kinross |
| Kathleen Harrison | Mrs. Blake |
| Dora Gregory | Mrs. Lemmon |
| Penelope Dudley-Ward | Maureen |
| Barbara Waring | Mrs. Macadoo |
| Eileen Peel | Mrs. Farrell |
| Lesley Osmond | Nell Fosdick |
| Josie Welford | Emily |
| Kay Young | Barmaid |
| Trixie Scales | Mona Duke |
| George Carney | Mr. Blake |
| Wally Patch | Uncle Fred |
| Michael Anderson | Albert Fosdick |
| Jill Stephens | May Blake |
| Everley Gregg | Nurse |
| Roddy Hughes | Photographer |
| Norman Pierce | Mr. Satterthwaite |
| Juliet Mills | Freda's Baby |
| Leslie Howard | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Noël Coward | Music, Writer, Director |
| David Lean | Director |
| I. T. Clark | Technical Advisor |
| C. R. E. Compton | Technical Advisor |
| Sydney Streeter | Production Manager |
| William C. Andrews | Assistant Art Director |
| C.P. Norman | Set Dresser |
| Derick Williams | Additional Camera |
| Muir Mathieson | Conductor |
| Thelma Connell | Editor |
| David Rawnsley | Art Direction |
| Tony Sforzini | Makeup Artist |
| Douglas Woolsey | Special Effects |
| Norman Spencer | Third Assistant Director |
| Tom Payne | Second Assistant Director |
| Kenneth Horne | First Assistant Director |
| Norah Walsh | Assistant Editor |
| B. Francke | Camera Operator |
| Alfred Roberts | Scenic Artist |
| Max Rosher | Still Photographer |
| Jim Body | Clapper Loader |
| C. C. Stevens | Sound Recordist |
| G. E. Calthrop | Other |
| T. W. J. Lawlor | Technical Advisor |
| Ronald Neame | Director of Photography |
| Guy Green | Camera Operator |
| Michael Anderson | Unit Manager |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Herbert Smith | Producer |
| Anthony Havelock-Allan | Associate Producer |
| Noël Coward | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
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| Academy Awards | Best Actress | Rosamund Pike | Nominated |
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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 t ... o 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.