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In Which We Serve

- You'll Never Forget... In Which We Serve

The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship's first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains his men not only to be loyal to him and the country, but—most importantly—to themselves.

Release Date : 1942-09-17

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Two Cities FilmsBritish Lion Film CorporationJ. Arthur Rank Organisation

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Captain E. V. Kinross R.N. / Captain 'D'

Original Name : Noël Coward

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake

Original Name : John Mills

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chief Petty Officer Hardy / Walter Hardy

Original Name : Bernard Miles

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Kinross / Alix

Original Name : Celia Johnson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Freda Lewis / Freda

Original Name : Kay Walsh

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Hardy / Kath

Original Name : Joyce Carey

Gender : Female

Character Name : No. 1

Original Name : Derek Elphinstone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Flags

Original Name : Michael Wilding

Gender : Male

Character Name : Guns

Original Name : Robert Sansom

Gender : Male

Character Name : Torps

Original Name : Philip Friend

Gender : Male

Character Name : Midshipman

Original Name : Chimmo Branson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Engineer Commander

Original Name : Ballard Berkeley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pilot

Original Name : Hubert Gregg

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doc

Original Name : James Donald

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sub

Original Name : Michael Whittaker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sub-Lieutenant R.N.V.R.

Original Name : Kenneth Carten

Gender : Male

Character Name : Secco

Original Name : John Varley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Brodie

Original Name : Caven Watson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joey Mackeridge

Original Name : Geoffrey Hibbert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Stoker

Original Name : Richard Attenborough

Gender : Male

Character Name : Edgecombe

Original Name : Frederick Piper

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reynolds

Original Name : Lionel Grose

Gender : Male

Character Name : Parkinson

Original Name : Leslie Dwyer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fisher

Original Name : Charles Russell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Moran

Original Name : John Singer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Coombe

Original Name : Robert Moreton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hollett

Original Name : John Boxer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Posty

Original Name : Kenneth Evans

Gender : Male

Character Name : Coxswain

Original Name : Johnnie Schofield

Gender : Male

Character Name : Commander Spencer

Original Name : Franklyn Bennett

Gender : Male

Character Name : № 1. "Tremoyne"

Original Name : Charles Compton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Colonel Lumsden

Original Name : Walter Fitzgerald

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jasper

Original Name : Gerald Case

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bobby Kinross

Original Name : Daniel Massey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lavinia Kinross

Original Name : Ann Stephens

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Blake

Original Name : Kathleen Harrison

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Lemmon

Original Name : Dora Gregory

Gender : Female

Character Name : Maureen

Original Name : Penelope Dudley-Ward

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Macadoo

Original Name : Barbara Waring

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Farrell

Original Name : Eileen Peel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nell Fosdick

Original Name : Lesley Osmond

Gender : Male

Character Name : Emily

Original Name : Josie Welford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barmaid

Original Name : Kay Young

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mona Duke

Original Name : Trixie Scales

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Blake

Original Name : George Carney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Uncle Fred

Original Name : Wally Patch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Albert Fosdick

Original Name : Michael Anderson

Gender : Male

Character Name : May Blake

Original Name : Jill Stephens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Everley Gregg

Gender : Female

Character Name : Photographer

Original Name : Roddy Hughes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Satterthwaite

Original Name : Norman Pierce

Gender : Male

Character Name : Freda's Baby

Original Name : Juliet Mills

Gender : Female

Character Name : Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Leslie Howard

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-26

A film that continues to divide opinion even now as it recounts the exploits of HMS "Torrin" a Royal Navy destroyer during WWII. I have to say that I found this to be just a little too much of a propaganda instrument than I was comfortable with - but it was made during the war, and it is very easy to be sitting now judging the activities of those who were actually risking their lives on an hourly basis, and of those charged with maintaining morale. Noël Coward heads this up as an almost aristocratic and really rather wooden "Captain Kinross" but the ensemble cast - John Mills, Bernard Miles, Richard Attenborough, Kay Walsh and Joyce Carey are much more engaging as the nuts and bolts characters and their spouses. The story is related in flashback form as the ship has been torpedoed and the sailors are in the sea awaiting rescue (or death) and delivers a poignant and thought-provoking evaluation not just of wartime behaviour, but of attitudes too.