Sea wife / Alma Productions ; André Hakim presents a Cinemascope picture ; produced by André Hakim ; screenplay by George K. Burke ; directed by Bob McNaught.
Publisher:
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
2007
Description:
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 4 lobby cards.
Title from container. A foreign film (United Kingdom). Joan Collins, Richard Burton, Basil Sydney, Ronald Squire, Gibb McLaughlin, Harold Goodwin, Roddy Hughes, Ronald Adam, Nicholas Hannen, Beatrice Varley, Lloyd Lamble, Cy Grant. From the novel "Sea-Wyf and Biscuit" by J.M. Scott. Originally released as a motion picture in 1957. Special features: Commentary by author and film historian Aubrey Solomon; animated photo gallery; restoration comparison; original theatrical trailer; interactive pressbook; advertising gallery; lobby card gallery.
Summary:
When a ship with British evacuees is sunk by a Japanese sub, an RAF officer, a bigoted administrator, a black seaman and a beautiful woman with a secret escape in a small lifeboat. The woman is a nun who must keep her vocation a secret. The seaman is the only one that know the woman is a nun as they fight for survival. Floating out into the ocean, their only hope lies on a small isle in the distance. But with no supplies, no food and no chance of rescue, will they be able to cheat death once again.
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