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The cruel sea

Lt. Commander Ericson and his crew find they are fighting not only the Germans, but the age-old enemy, the sea, in this World War II action drama.

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  • "British war collection"@en
  • "British war collection"

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  • "Lt. Commander Ericson and his crew find they are fighting not only the Germans, but the age-old enemy, the sea, in this World War II action drama."
  • "Lt. Commander Ericson and his crew find they are fighting not only the Germans, but the age-old enemy, the sea, in this World War II action drama."@en
  • "Reconstruction of the Battle of the Atlantic where the heroes are the men, the heroines are the ships and the villain is the cruel sea. Centres on the activities of a corvette which puts to sea with only one experienced officer aboard. The others are from civilian life, including a journalist, a lawyer and a second-hand car salesman."@en
  • "The story of a tough, professional sailor and a mainly amateur crew, learning how to fight against Nazi subs and the Atlantic."
  • ""Comdr. Ericson is made captain of the corvette Compass Rose, a small escort vessel used to guide and protect convoys travelling through the Atlantic. Ericson had his confidence severley shaken during his last command, in which he lost his ship and most of its men ... Ericson is once again thrown into a life-and-death dilemma ..." [box cover note]."@en
  • "A feature film from the U.K. Classic war story set on a British corvette on convoy duty in the Atlantic during World War II."@en
  • "A documentary-style account of a British warship during World War II and its crew."@en
  • ""War. 1941. Corvette captain sinks U-boat by running down British survivors"--British film catalogue. Fiction film, 1895-1994."@en
  • "A captain, his ship, and crew see dangerous service on the North Atlantic during World War II."
  • "Lt. Commander Ericson and his crew find that they are fighting not only the Germans, but the age-old enemy, the sea, in this World War II action drama."@en
  • "Classic war story set on a British corvette on convoy duty in the Atlantic during World War II."@en
  • ""Comdr. Ericson is made captain of the Corvette Compass Rose, a small escort vessel used to guide and protect convoys travelling through the Atlantic. Ericson had his confidence severely shaken during his last command, in which he lost his ship, and most of its men following an attack by a German U-boat. As he leads a new and largely inexperienced crew, Ericson is once again thrown into a life-and-death dilemma that forces him to choose between destroying an enemy ship and sparing the lives of his own men."--Container."
  • "A captain of a corvette has a dangerous mission during a war on the North Atlantic and he faces harship, loneliness and challenges."@en
  • "This is the story of the battle of the Atlantic, a story of an ocean, two ships and a handful of men. The men are the heroes. The heroines are the ships. The only villan is the sea -- the cruel sea -- that man has made even more cruel."@en

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  • "Naval combat films and programs"@en
  • "Film adaptations"
  • "Fiction films"
  • "Fiction films"@en
  • "Features"@en
  • "British films"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Action and adventure films"
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  • "Drama"
  • "Drama"@en
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  • "War films"@en
  • "War films"
  • "Movies"
  • "Feature films"@en
  • "Feature films"

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  • "The Cruel sea"@en
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