Crest of the Wave | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories

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form y Crest of the Wave single work film/TV

Adaptation of Seagulls Over Sorrento : A Play in Three Acts Hugh Hastings , 1951 single work drama

Authors:agent Frank Harvey , Roy Boulting .

Issue Details: First known date: 1954... 1954 Crest of the Wave

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Film Details - Boulting Brothers ; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios , 1954

Producers:

John Boulting and Roy Boulting.

Production Companies:

Boulting Brothers.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios.

Director of Photography:

Gilbert Taylor.

Editors:

Max Benedict.

Music:

Miklós Rózsa.

Cast:

Including Gene Kelly (Lt. 'Brad' Bradville, USN), John Justin (Lt. Roger Wharton), Bernard Lee (Seaman 'Lofty' Turner), Jeff Richards (Seaman D. 'Butch' Clelland, USN), Sidney James (Seaman Charlie 'Badge' Badger), Patric Doonan (Petty Officer Herbert), Ray Jackson (Seaman 'Sprog' Sims), Fredd Wayne (Seaman N. Sam 'Shorty' Kaminsky, USN), Patrick Barr (Cmdr. Sinclair), and David Orr (Haggis Mackintosh).

Release Dates:

Premiered on 13 July 1954 (London).

Released in the US on 10 November 1954 (New York City, New York).

Location:

Set off the coast of Scotland but filmed on the Channel Islands.

Subjects:

Settings:

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Scotland,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,

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