"Seven Were Saved" takes place at the end of World War II. An Army Air Force plane is flying to the Philippines with several military passengers on board. One is a nurse and one is a POW Japanese colonel. He is under guard and going to the Philippines to stand trial there for war crimes. He throws hot coffee on the solder guarding him and grabs the pistol from his holster. After shooting the officer escort, knocking out the navigator and shooting the copilot, he hijacks the plane. He sends it off in a different direction, apparently intending to take his chances on a small island somewhere. But when the plane runs out of gas and crashes in the sea, eight people make it to the raft.
The colonel has lost the pistol and now all have to try to stay alive until rescued But they have flown a couple hundred miles off their course. So, the sea rescue planes sent out don't find them anywhere. After more than a week, the head of the rescue operations decides to stop the searches. But, one pilot, who had been sick and grounded, decided to make one last sweep outside their known route. The nurse onboard was his sweetheart. Well, one can guess how this will come out. Before they are ultimately rescued, one of the men who had been ill disappears over the side during the night.
This isn't a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1944 "Lifeboat," but that film no doubt influenced Paramount on this film. The prologue on the screen dedicates the film "to the men of the AAF Air Sea Rescue Service, who risk their lives daily that others may live."
Instead of trying to be so sociable and humorous, the Sergeant should have been more alert guarding the prisoner. After he tells the nurse that he would have a cup of coffee and it would be okay for the prisoner to have a cup, he says, "You know, I really can't stand coffee. I just take it to cure my insomnia."
This is a B-level film with no prominent actors among the cast. But, they all give good performances.
The colonel has lost the pistol and now all have to try to stay alive until rescued But they have flown a couple hundred miles off their course. So, the sea rescue planes sent out don't find them anywhere. After more than a week, the head of the rescue operations decides to stop the searches. But, one pilot, who had been sick and grounded, decided to make one last sweep outside their known route. The nurse onboard was his sweetheart. Well, one can guess how this will come out. Before they are ultimately rescued, one of the men who had been ill disappears over the side during the night.
This isn't a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1944 "Lifeboat," but that film no doubt influenced Paramount on this film. The prologue on the screen dedicates the film "to the men of the AAF Air Sea Rescue Service, who risk their lives daily that others may live."
Instead of trying to be so sociable and humorous, the Sergeant should have been more alert guarding the prisoner. After he tells the nurse that he would have a cup of coffee and it would be okay for the prisoner to have a cup, he says, "You know, I really can't stand coffee. I just take it to cure my insomnia."
This is a B-level film with no prominent actors among the cast. But, they all give good performances.