In Which We Serve Movie Review 1943

Much stiff upper-lipping in this classic that captures the spirit of the British Navy during WWII. The sinking of the destroyer HMS Torrin during the Battle of Crete is told via flashbacks, with an emphasis on realism that was unusual in wartime flag-wavers. Features the film debuts of Johnson and Attenborough, and the first Lean directorial effort. Coward received a special Oscar for his "outstanding production achievement," having scripted, scored, codirected, and costarred.

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 114 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adventure Drama, World War II, True Stories, Sail Away, Military: Foreign

Screenplay

Noel Coward

Cast

Noel Coward, John Mills, Bernard Miles, Celia Johnson, Kay Walsh, James Donald, Richard Attenborough, Michael Wilding, George Carney, Gerald Case, John Varley

Cinematography

Ronald Neame

Director

David Lean, Noel Coward

Music

Noel Coward

Producer

Noel Coward

Awards

N.Y. Film Critics 1942: Film.