Suicide Mission (1954)

Original title

Shetlandsgjengen

Directed by

Michael Forlong

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom, Norway

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

6

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A team of Norwegian sailors working with British intelligence runs dangerous supply missions across the North Sea during World War Two. The film follows a real life naval officer leading these covert operations.

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What happens

Suicide Mission (also known as Shetlandsgjengen and The Shetland Bus) is a 1954 British-Norwegian war film directed by Michael Forlong and starring Leif Larsen. It was written by David Howarth, Forlong and Sidney Cole, based on Howarth's 1951 book The Shetland Bus. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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