But the son is in reality a coward, a deserter - and still alive. This play transfer shows its theatrical origins, but director Lance Comfort gives it all he's got. Script adapt . Laurence Harvey plays Ltd 'Buster' Crabbe, underwater war hero, in this true life tale. It's not one of the classic fifties war films but the underwater stuff makes it a little different.
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Two submarines are being built in occupied Holland and the resistance are determined to sabotage them. Well-made drama produced by Powell and Pressburger, which lacks that touch of magic. Adequate comedy of media couple Peter Finch and Kay Kendall who are happy in public but battling in private. Lots of jibes at the awfulness of fifties TV now no longer seem credible but the performances make this a watchable production. Script adapt .