Morning Departure (1950) *solved*

[Brian Brandt]

I saw this movie as a boy of about ten. That would be mid-fifties. It involves a rescue attempt of a downed sub during a storm. The surface navy manages to locate the sub, get an air hose down, and mark it with a buoy flying a flag. The rescuers are racing against the oncoming storm.



What made this movie so memorable was that on fifties American TV, the good guys always won, and rescues always came through in the nick of time. In this movie, the storm came up and the rescue had to be abandoned. The final shot was a long slow pan out from the buoy, with the flag whipping in the wind.



[ 11. January 2004, 12:40: Message edited by: DB7 ]

[DB7]

Morning Departure, (1950)

[Captain Viking]

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.

[DB7]

Morning Departure.

[Captain Viking]

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!

[batman]

name='Captain Viking']



Has anybody starred in more submarine films than John Mills?



He appeared to be in total command of this sub-genre!

[Steve Crook]

name='Captain Viking']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



Steve

[ANDYG]

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

[Steve Crook]

name='ANDYG']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



Steve

[Buffalo_Chuck]

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.

[johng]

You can get brand new copies of the DVD - region 2 - for under £12 from various market traders advertising on Amazon