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Seven Waves Away

Seven Waves Away

1957Movie⏱️ 1h 40m
AdventureDramaThriller
7.5
IMDB Rating
2,145 votes

After hitting a derelict mine in the Atlantic Ocean, a ship's officer finds himself in command of a lifeboat full of survivors of a sunken luxury liner. The survivors fight to stay alive while exposed to savage seas and each other.

Director
Richard Sale
Writers
N/A
Stars
Tyrone Power, Mai Zetterling, Lloyd Nolan
Release Date
April 22, 1957
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom, United States
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🎭 Top Cast

Tyrone Power
Tyrone Power
as Alec Holmes
Mai Zetterling
Mai Zetterling
as Nurse Julie White
Lloyd Nolan
Lloyd Nolan
as Frank Kelly
Stephen Boyd
Stephen Boyd
as Will McKinley
Moira Lister
Moira Lister
as Edith Middleton
James Hayter
James Hayter
as 'Cookie' Morrow
Marie Lohr
Marie Lohr
as Dorothy Knudson
Finlay Currie
Finlay Currie
as Mr. Wheaton
John Stratton
John Stratton
as Jimmy 'Sparks' Clary
Victor Maddern
Victor Maddern
as Willy Hawkins

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK
Production
Copa Productions

🏷️ Keywords

boattragedyalonesurvivordeath

🎯 Categories

AdventureDramaThriller

⭐ Featured Review

Tyrone Power and the Sea
by theowinthrop2005-09-20
10/10

"In 1946 Tyrone Power managed to start convincing his friend and producer, Darryl Zanuck, to occasionally let him flex his muscles as a straight, serious actor. Zanuck reluctantly agreed, so that Power did THE RAZOR'S EDGE and (more important) NIGHTMARE ALLEY. In the former he struggled to show a man who sought and found spiritual piece in the years following World War I, while his friends went mad in the materialistic hopelessness of Europe and America. In the latter he showed he could play a really nasty, opportunistic heel. But neither film was a blockbuster for Power (THE RAZOR'S ..."

💡 Did You Know?

This movie is based on the real event of the William Brown, an American ship that sank in 1841, taking with her 31 passengers. A further 16 passengers were forced out of an overloaded lifeboat before the survivors were rescued. The survivors were picked up by the American ship Crescent, the same name of the liner that sinks in this movie.

📖 Synopsis

After hitting a derelict mine in the Atlantic Ocean, a ship's officer finds himself in command of a lifeboat full of survivors of a sunken luxury liner. The survivors fight to stay alive while exposed to savage seas and each other.