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The Deep Blue Sea

- Trapped Between Infidelity and - The Deep Blue Sea

A woman is unhappy in her marriage to a boring, stiff judge, so she takes up with a wild-living RAF pilot, who ends up being more than she can handle. (TCM.com)

Release Date : 1955-11-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : London Films Productions

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Hester Collyer

Original Name : Vivien Leigh

Gender : Female

Character Name : Freddie Page

Original Name : Kenneth More

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miller

Original Name : Eric Portman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sir William Collyer

Original Name : Emlyn Williams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dawn Maxwell

Original Name : Moira Lister

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jackie Jackson

Original Name : Arthur Hill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Elton

Original Name : Dandy Nichols

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ken Thompson

Original Name : Alec McCowen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dicer Durston

Original Name : Jimmy Hanley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lady Dawson

Original Name : Heather Thatcher

Gender : Female

Character Name : Golfer

Original Name : Bill Shine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Drunk

Original Name : Brian Oulton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man outside bar

Original Name : Sid James

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-11-14

I can't help but feel that this film is one purely for devotees of Vivien Leigh, rather than one with much more general appeal. Her depiction of the rather selfish "Hester", stuck in an unhappy marriage with High Court Judge "Sir William" (Emyln Williams) whilst having a pretty open affair with former fighter pilot "Freddie" (Kenneth More) is really rather frosty, almost sterile. We start as she is found asleep in a chair, knocked out by a combination of sleeping pills and the gas from the fire. Eric Portman, a fellow lodger, helps revive her and we gradually begin to unravel her complicated situation driven by an almost self-destructive approach to her own life and to her relationships with both of her men. Sadly, though Williams performs adequately as her still loving and supportive husband, Moore and Leigh have no chemistry at all. He seems content to offer us little more than a hybrid preview performance of his Douglas Bader character from ("Reach for the Sky" made the next year) coupled with some drink-induced over acting, and she makes little impact on the complex nature of the characters offered us by Terence Rattigan. The production, like the whole thing, is competent and well put together, it's all just a bit flat and I was quite disappointed with the lack of warmth and passion in this tale of, essentially, warmth and passion...