Morning Departure (1950)

Directed by

Roy Ward Baker

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

10

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

The crew of a British submarine is trapped on the sea floor after an accident. The film focuses on their efforts to survive while waiting for rescue.

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What happens

Morning Departure (released as Operation Disaster in the United States) is a 1950 British naval drama film about life aboard a sunken submarine, directed by Roy Ward Baker, and starring John Mills and Richard Attenborough. It was written by W. E. C. Fairchild based on the 1940 stage play of the same name by Kenneth Woollard, which had also been shown as a live TV play by the BBC in 1946 and 1948. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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