"ragosaal's" review had it right with the outline of the movie. I too saw this movie at a theater in England when I was a youngster. And I too enjoyed the movie very much. I have from time to time checked to see if it has been made available to the public but it doesn't appear to have been. Some years back I had read that the ownership of this movie did not want to release it due to some political correctness issue. And it appeared they had no intent of re-releasing it ever. I have still continued to check just in case there had been a change of mind & in hope that at some new blood will think differently & release it as a DVD. The movie is a well acted movie by first class actors & the story is like High Noon with a solitary lawman fighting evil. It is a pity that such a well made movie is being withheld from an appreciative audience.
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Operation Disaster
(1950)
An accurate portrayal of courageous men
6 May 2009
I first saw this movie at the time of its original release, & it has remained in my memory quite indelibly. Particularly as one of your submissions referred to the sinking of an actual British submarine at the time of the release of "morning departure". HMS "Truculent" was the name of that submarine & the nation was very somber, but I believe the the movie realistically brought home to the public what these submariners went through. My father had served in the Royal Navy during WWII on Destoyers & had his ship sunk under him while in the Mediterranean. So I appreciated the fine acting & portrayal of the courage of the men in the Royal Navy. John Mills always epitomized the character of the rolls he took & this was one of his best for me, except for maybe Scott of the Antartic, but that's another story.
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