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      Sea Wife

      1957 1h 22m Romance List
      Reviews 42% Audience Score 50+ Ratings After their vessel is sunk by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Singapore during World War II, a beautiful nun (Joan Collins), a black purser (Cy Grant), a military officer (Richard Burton) and a racist businessman (Basil Sydney) escape in a small lifeboat. Tensions mount as the group drifts through the ocean, rations supplies and struggles to survive under the harsh sun. The military officer soon falls in love with the nun, unaware of her true identity. Read More Read Less

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      Dan Jardine Apollo Guide Sea Wife is one of those turgid and morose melodramas that were inexplicably popular in the post-Second World War period. Rated: 47/100 Aug 22, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Bittersweet tragedy of lives wrecked at sea. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member good ship wreck survival pic Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Fascinating tale of 4 stranded at sea. Love struck Richard Burton meets a nun and doesn't realize it. WE know it and he does not. Burton searches for this woman after their rescue and is told she is dead. She should be dead to Burton is the idea. All have nicknames in the film, Bulldog, Biscuit, No. 4 and Sea Wife. Sea Wife (1957) is a DeLuxe CinemaScope British film based on the 1955 James Maurice Scott novel Sea-Wyf. Shot in Jamaica, the film follows a group of survivors from a torpedoed British refugee ship. [img]https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQURTIOFvAGKGkfGAsbGENtsecRXjcrKgaOsQHo6VKg4n7EkMRpCA[/img] Richard Burton, right, Joan Collins left) SEE the full movie here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QB4K_ZL5uc [img]https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRRV38X0ufdWEOn_g1P1FQAiM1NhOyPrJ2zds9SBE-VJ7cWjZcR[/img] Food at last REVIEWS by those like us: 70% Sea Wife is a decent film. It is about a cargo ship jammed with British evacuees from Singapore that is sunk by a Japanese sub in 1942. 80% Fantastic acting with a great story makes this film a great classic in my opinion. [img]https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR3YNZh82EiQR55A9qHXl3JFwGlq9GFwKkc1LbrUmLW-wn0Z3rV[/img] Joan Collins as Sea Wife Richard Burton as Biscuit Basil Sydney as Bulldog Cy Grant as Number Four Ronald Squire as Clubman Harold Goodwin as Daily Telegraph Clerk Roddy Hughes as Club Barman Gibb McLaughlin as Club Porter Lloyd Lamble as Captain 'San Felix' Ronald Adam as Army Padre Nicholas Hannen as Elderly Passenger Beatrice Varley as Elderly Nun Directed by Bob McNaught Produced by André Hakim Written by J. M. Scott (novel) Screenplay by George K. Burke Based on Sea-Wyf (1956) Music by Kenneth V. Jones Leonard Salzedo Cinematography Edward Scaife Editing by Peter Taylor Studio Alma Productions, Inc. Sumar Film Productions Ltd. Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. Release dates April 30, 1957 (London) Running time 82 min. Country United Kingdom [img]http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/dvdreviews32/a%20joan%20collins/menu%20sea%20wife%20PDVD_000.jpg[/img] Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review ashley h Sea Wife is a decent film. It is about a cargo ship jammed with British evacuees from Singapore that is sunk by a Japanese sub in 1942. Joan Collins and Richard Burton give good performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. Bob McNaught did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the drama. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member amazing film especially the ending - very melodramatic! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Pointless semi romance. The cast is set adrift in a raft and the movie just sort of drifts with them. Burton and Joan try but it's all just meaningless. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis After their vessel is sunk by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Singapore during World War II, a beautiful nun (Joan Collins), a black purser (Cy Grant), a military officer (Richard Burton) and a racist businessman (Basil Sydney) escape in a small lifeboat. Tensions mount as the group drifts through the ocean, rations supplies and struggles to survive under the harsh sun. The military officer soon falls in love with the nun, unaware of her true identity.
      Director
      Bob McNaught
      Screenwriter
      George K. Burke
      Production Co
      Alma Productions
      Genre
      Romance
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Jul 10, 2007
      Runtime
      1h 22m