ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – FOR THOSE IN PERIL (1944)

“For Those in Peril” is a World War II drama, screenplay written by Harry Watt, J.O.C. Orton and T.E.B. Clarke from a story by Richard Hillary and Directed by Charles Crichton.

 

Pilot Officer Rawlings (Ralph Michael) joined the RAF because he wanted to fly but after the MO wouldn’t sign him fit to fly, he is posted to the RAF Air Sea Rescue squadron operating in the English Channel and he makes no secret of the fact to his commanding officer Flt.Lt. Murray (David Farrar) that he considers his new posting second best.

However, under Murrays leadership he soon learns there are more important things than flying as the rescue boats go out in all conditions picking up downed pilots and taking them to safety.

 

This film dramatization was filmed in the summer of 1943, to highlight the contribution of the Air Sea Rescue Service to the war effort.

Produced with the cooperation of both the Air Ministry and the Admiralty and is too all intents and purposes director Charles Crichton's first feature.