Western Approaches

Western Approaches (1944)

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A World War II drama-documentary showing the struggles of Merchant Navy seamen following an attack by a U-Boat. Western Approaches is a vast area of ocean control covering thousands of square miles of the Atlantic. In these waters is set this single incident in the fiercest and longest sea battle in history. The players are not professional actors but serving officers and men of Allied Navies and Merchant Fleets. This film is dedicated to them and their comrades who made the Allied victory possible.

Date of release
1944-12-02
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 23m
Genres
Documentary, Drama
Director
Pat Jackson

Interesting facts

Western Approaches is a 1944 docufiction film directed by Pat Jackson. It was the Crown Film Unit's first Technicolor production. The music is by Clifton Parker.

Production

Although set in the North Atlantic, much of the film was shot in the Irish Sea. Sailors rather than professional actors were used. The director, Pat Jackson, gave the actors only the basic outline of what he wanted them to say, and left it to them to use their own words.

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