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Seven Waves Away (alternate U.S. titles: Abandon Ship! and Seven Days From Now) is a 1957 British drama film starring Tyrone Power, Mai Zetterling, Lloyd Nolan, and Stephen Boyd. When his ship goes down, an officer has to make an agonizing decision on his 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."
Original Release
03/12/1957
US Release
04/17/1957
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
Robert Harris | Arthur J. Middleton |
Gordon Jackson | John Merritt |
Clive Morton | Maj. Gen. Barrington |
David Langton | John Hayden |
Ralph Michael | George Kilgore |
Orlando Martins | Sam Holly |
Danny Green | Joe Woolsek |
Laurence Naismith | Captain Paul Darrow |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ted Richmond | Executive Producer |
Tyrone Power | Producer |
John R. Sloan | Producer |