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Can You Name This Film You can remember the plot briefly but can't recollect the films name?


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Old 14-05-2008, 06:51 PM
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It's definitely not We Dive At Dawn nor Above Us The Waves.

The sub crew is trapped with the air running out. Everyone at their home port is hoping they make it...

I think John Mills is the captain. Early 1950s, unless I dreamt it.

If you know the title, please don't tell me what happened just in case I ever see it again. Thanks.

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Old 14-05-2008, 06:58 PM
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Many thanks for the title, DB7!

Has anybody starred in more submarine films than John Mills?

He appeared to be in total command of this sub-genre!
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Has anybody starred in more submarine films than John Mills?

He appeared to be in total command of this sub-genre!
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Many thanks for the title, DB7!

Has anybody starred in more submarine films than John Mills?

He appeared to be in total command of this sub-genre!
He once said in an interview that he got all the submarine films because he was quite little and could fit into them easier than most other actors

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Must admit that Morning Departure is one of my favourite films, deserves to be more widely known .

Sadly since the demise of DDHE not commerically available as a Region 2 release here although it has just been released in Region 1 land.
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Shame DDHE went out of business. I bought that release but found the quality was inferior to the VHS recording I made in the late 80's from C4
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Shame DDHE went out of business. I bought that release but found the quality was inferior to the VHS recording I made in the late 80's from C4
Maybe that's one reason why they went out of business, if they released poor quality recordings too often.

I only ever bought a few things from them, and the quality on those was fine

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Must admit that Morning Departure is one of my favourite films, deserves to be more widely known .

Sadly since the demise of DDHE not commerically available as a Region 2 release here although it has just been released in Region 1 land.
And this is what I might mean by films that reflect realism with great art. The story line contains the assortment of characters, the unpredictability of life, all within a detailed educational informative view about that life - and death - within a submarine. No great heroes, just ordinary types doing their best - British culture in fact.
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We just received the Region-1 release and it's done very well, although there are no bonus features. The movie's enough. Hardy Kruger in THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY finally made it, and the R-1 release of CARVE HER NAME WITH PRIDE replaces R-2's copies now. DRM is going to be a total pain, I can see.
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I rember as a little boy, must have just before I moved to Hemel Hempstead, Morning Departure was shown at The Highbury Cinema in Holloway Road. In the foyer there was an added attraction of a life size dimmy wearing a diving suit. Remember, I was of short trouser age at the time. I went to see the film with my parents and before going in, I jokingly, shook hands with the 'diver' and said hello to it. What I really did not know at the time, was that the town where I was about to move to, Hemel Hempstead, was where one of the film's co stars, James Hayter, lived or was about to live.
But oddly enough, I recently learned that Morning Departure, was also a play on post war 1940's television.
Another piece of useless information from my memory bank.
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You can get brand new copies of the DVD - region 2 - for under £12 from various market traders advertising on Amazon
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