Landfall (1949)

7.6/10 86 min War Drama

Overview

A British coastal command pilot is charged with neglect when it is thought that he has sunk a British submarine rather than a German U-boat. Unable to live with his actions, he volunteers for a deadly mission. His girlfriend meanwhile tries to prove that he is innocent.

Cast

Michael Denison

Rick

Patricia Plunkett

Mona

Kathleen Harrison

Mona's Mother

Maurice Denham

Wing Commander Hewitt

Sebastian Shaw

Wing Commander Dickens

Denis O'Dea

Captain Burnaby

Laurence Harvey

PO Hooper

David Tomlinson

Binks

Joan Dowling

Miriam

Joss Ackland

O'Neil

Nora Swinburne

Admiral's Wife

Charles Victor

Mona's Father

A.E. Matthews

Air Raid Warden

Margaretta Scott

Mrs Burnaby

Paul Carpenter

PO Morgan

Edith Sharpe

Rick's Mother

Frederick Leister

Admiral

Walter Hudd

Professor Legge

Margaret Barton

Rick's Sister

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