For Those in Peril

For Those in Peril (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
64 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1944 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Charles Crichton

Written By:
T.E.B. Clarke
Richard Hillary

Actors:
David Farrar ..... Flt.Lt Murray
Ralph Michael ..... P / O Rawlings
Robert Wyndham ..... Sqr.Ldr Leverett
John Slater ..... A / C1 Wilkie
Robert Griffith ..... Coxswain
John Batten ..... Wireless Officer
Tony Bazell ..... Lt Overton R.N. (as Anthony Bazell)
Peter Arne ..... Junior officer
Anthony Bushell

Synopsis:

1943: Rawlings is no longer fit for active service in the R.A.F. and joins Air- Sea rescue where he finds a new sense of purpose.

Charles Crichton directed this Ealing caper comedy, with a witty script by T.E.B. Clarke that won an Academy Award. Alec Guinness is Henry Holland, an unassuming transporter of gold bullion who, after working for twenty years with no rewards in sight for his faithful service to his company, decides to reward himself by stealing one million pounds worth of gold. Calling on his old friend Pendlebury (Stanley Holloway), a manufacturer of paperweights and an amateur sculptor, and a couple of Cockney crooks, Lackery (Sidney James) and Shorty (Alfie Bass), they conspire to lift a gold shipment. After absconding with the gold, Henry melts the gold into a collection of souvenir Eiffel Towers, which he then ships off to Paris. But chaos reigns when a group of English schoolgirls purchase the gold towers, and the gang now become embroiled in a wild goose chase to recover their stolen gold.

A WWII flyer fails to join the RAF so he joins the Air - Sea Rescue instead. His boat is out in all conditions picking up downed pilots and taking them to safety.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 04 March, 2010.