Review of The Sea Shall Not Have Them

THE SEA SHALL NOT HAVE THEM is a well-regarded WW2 film of the 1950s which plays out in a different style to the norm. There's no combat here, just a tale of survival at sea and a look at the work of the rarely-acknowledge air sea rescue service run by the RAF to rescue pilots who were forced to down their planes in the ocean. This is a literate, character-based drama in which suspense evolves in watching how each of the characters reacts to their situation. There's a whole host of British characters present, from the biggest of big names like Dirk Bogarde and Michael Redgrave, to those reliable stalwarts of the B-movie, Michael Balfour and Michael Ripper. Everything comes together nicely come the end.