Seven Waves Away (1957)

MovieDrama, Adventure1h 40m
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After a massive luxury liner sinks into the ocean, the ship's officer must command a rickety lifeboat, built for only nine, that is stuffed with over twenty desperate and injured passengers. As a hurricane approaches and the many wounded passengers struggle for life, difficult decisions must be made about who will remain on the boat and who must be cast to the sea in order to give others the chance to survive.

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Tyrone PowerTyrone PowerAlec HolmesMai ZetterlingMai ZetterlingNurse Julie WhiteLloyd NolanLloyd NolanFrank KellyStephen BoydStephen BoydWill McKinleyMoira ListerMoira ListerEdith MiddletonJames HayterJames Hayter'Cookie' MorrowMarie LohrMarie LohrDorothy KnudsonFinlay CurrieFinlay CurrieMr. Wheaton

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