In Which We Serve
The saga of HMS Torrin, tracing its journey from 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.
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Michael Anderson
David Lean
Norman Spencer
Tom Payne
Kenneth Horne
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CinemaSerf
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.
In Which We Serve FAQs
The directors of In Which We Serve are Michael Anderson, David Lean, Norman Spencer, Tom Payne, and Kenneth Horne.
The cast of In Which We Serve includes Daniel Massey as Bobby Kinross, Ballard Berkeley as Engineer Commander, Frederick Piper as Edgecombe, Michael Wilding as Flags, John Mills as Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake, Richard Attenborough as Young Stoker, Bernard Miles as Chief Petty Officer Hardy / Walter Hardy, George Carney as Mr. Blake, Johnnie Schofield as Coxswain, Leslie Howard as Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Walter Fitzgerald as Colonel Lumsden, Roddy Hughes as Photographer, and more.
The duration of In Which We Serve is 1h 55 mins.
In Which We Serve was released on 17 Sep 1942.
In Which We Serve is listed under Drama and War on Fanbiz.
In Which We Serve has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 7.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "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 lit..."
