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Sea Wife (1957)

Sea Wife poster
Directed by
Bob McNaught
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 22m
Rated
12
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

When a British refugee ship is torpedoed, a group of survivors find themselves adrift at sea and later stranded on a Jamaican island. The film follows their struggle to survive and the relationships that form between them under duress.

tensesurvivalsuspensefuldramaticsun-drenchedbleakrestrainednostalgic

What happens

Sea Wife is a 1957 British CinemaScope drama thriller war film directed by Bob McNaught and starring Joan Collins and Richard Burton. It was written by George K. Burke based on the 1955 James Maurice Scott novel Sea-Wyf and Biscuit. It was photographed in DeLuxe Color. Taken in Jamaica, the film follows a group of survivors from a torpedoed British refugee ship. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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