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UNITED KINGDOM · 1942

In Which We Serve (, Two Cities Films) Directors: Noel Coward, David Lean. Producer: Noel Coward. Associate Producer: Anthony Havelock-Allan. Screenplay: Noel Coward. Adaptation [Uncredited]: David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Ronald Neame. Director of Photography: Ronald Neame. Art Director: David Rawsley. Music: Noel Coward. Editors: [David Lean], Thelma Myers. Cast: Noel Coward (Captain Kinross), Bernard Miles (Chief Walter Hardy), John Mills (Shorty Blake), Celia Johnson (Mrs. Kinross), Kay Walsh (Freda Lewis), Joyce Carey (Mrs. Hardy), Leslie Howard (Narrator [Uncredited]). Running time: ll5 minutes. Distribution: British Lion (Great Britain) and United Artists (United States). Released September 17, (G.B.); October 1, (U.S.). Filmed from February to June, at Denham Studios and on location in Hertfordshire at a cost of £240,000. Special Certificate from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to Noel Coward for production achievement.

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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.

Year1942
CountryUnited Kingdom
DirectorDavid Lean
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