Stiff upper lips abound in Titanic tale, with Kenneth More and Leonard Naismith in command of sinking ship, excitingly and memorably done with fine attention to detail.
The fact that there was a half-asleep ship only ten miles away was incredibly ironic. Liked the bits of humour emanating from drunken steward and indomitable Molly Brown (Tucker McGuire).
Lots of cast includes Honor Blackman, David McCallum, Kenneth Griffith, Alec McCowen, Ralph Michael etc etc.
Written by Eric Ambler from Walter Lord novel. Features memorable dialogue like
"My pig! I must have my lucky pig!" and
"That man's smoking a cigarette. It's disgraceful!"
Handsomely shot by Geoffrey Unsworth with good models / effects filmed at Pinewood. Alexander 'Vetch' Vetchinsky was the designer / art director. Sidney Hayers edited.
One cavil - soaked More doesn't shiver or seem cold at all.
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