Abandon Ship (1957)
March 12, 1957Release Date
Abandon Ship (1957)
March 12, 1957Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Tyrone Power
Alec Holmes / Producer
Mai Zetterling
Nurse Julie White
Lloyd Nolan
Frank Kelly
Stephen Boyd
Will McKinley
Moira Lister
Edith Middleton
James Hayter
'Cookie' Morrow
Marie Lohr
Dorothy Knudson
Finlay Currie
Mr. Wheaton
John Stratton
Jimmy 'Sparks' Clary
Victor Maddern
Willy Hawkins
Eddie Byrne
Michael Faroni
Noel Willman
Aubrey Clark
Moultrie Kelsall
Daniel Cane
Gordon Jackson
John Merritt
Orlando Martins
Sam Holly
Ferdy Mayne
Solly Daniels
Jill Melford
Mrs. Kilgore
Clare Austin
Ruth Spencer
Clive Morton
George Kilgore
Danny Green
Joe Woolsek
Laurence Naismith
Captain Paul Darrow
Sheila Manahan
Woman on Raft
John Gray
Aussie 'Digger' Smith
David Barry
Peter Kilgore
Austin Trevor
Edward Wilton
Derek Sydney
Mario Pasquale
Colin Broadley
Mickey Stokes
Richard Sale
Director / Screenplay
Arthur Evans
Still Photographer
John R. Sloan
Producer
Ted Richmond
Executive Producer
Arthur Bliss
Music
Wilkie Cooper
Director of Photography
Raymond Poulton
Editor
Wilfred Shingleton
Production Design
Ray Simm
Art Direction
Neville Smallwood
Makeup Artist
Red Law
Sound Recordist
Winston Ryder
Sound Editor
Muir Mathieson
Conductor
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 12, 1957
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
Seven Waves Away (alternate U.S. titles: Abandon Ship! and Seven Days From Now) is a 1957 British adventure film directed by Richard Sale and starring Tyrone Power, Mai Zetterling, Lloyd Nolan, and Stephen Boyd. After his cruise ship hits a mine and with the captain dead, an officer has to make an agonizing decision on an overcrowded lifeboat.
Richard Sale adapted the film from his 1938 short story of the same name, originally published by Scribner's Magazine. The plot has similarities to the real-life sinking of the American ship William Brown in 1841. The William Brown hit an iceberg 250 miles off Newfoundland and lost 31 of its 65 passengers. Two boats with 17 crewmen and the remaining passengers escaped the wreck, but more than a dozen passengers were sacrificed from the crowded longboat.Though there is no direct acknowledgment by the filmmakers, the film ends with a voice-over stating, "The story which you have just seen is a true one. In real life, Captain [sic] Alexander Holmes was brought to trial on a charge of murder. He was convicted and given the minimum sentence of six months because of the unusual circumstances surrounding the incident."