La nuit commence à l'aube

Original title: Morning Departure

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Richard Attenborough, Helen Cherry, James Hayter, John Mills, Lana Morris, and Nigel Patrick in La nuit commence à l'aube (1950)

The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before they run out of air?The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before they run out of air?The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before they run out of air?

Director
- Roy Ward Baker
Writers
- William Fairchild
- Kenneth Woollard
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7.0/10

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Director
- Roy Ward Baker
Writers
- William Fairchild
- Kenneth Woollard
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 2 nominations total

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Trivia
Shortly after filming was completed in 1950, the submarine H.M.S. Truculent went down in the River Thames with a heavy loss of life. The incident is referenced in the opening credits, and nearly caused this movie to be withdrawn from distribution.

Goofs
In the scene where the destroyers are first seen searching for the Trojan, the pennant letters on the side of one of the destroyers are seen in reverse.

Quotes
Helen Armstong: Why does the Navy insist on doing everything at the crack of dawn? The sea's there all day.
Lieutenant Commander Armstrong: It impresses the taxpayers.

Connections
Featured in Talkies: Remembering Kenneth More: Part Two (2019)

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I saw this in first run when I was about 7 years old. Scenes are still vivid in my memory.

I saw this in first run when I was about 7 years old. It was on a double bill with a Francis the Talking Mule film. My older sister made a deal with me: She'd sit through Francis if I'd sit through OPERATION DISASTER.

I remember nothing of the Francis film, but scenes from this film are still vivid in my memory. In the late 1950s John Mills was a guest on the JACK PAAR SHOW and spoke of how life imitated art in that a British submarine was lost in the North Sea under very similar circumstances to those portrayed in the film between the completion of shooting and release in the UK. He said there was criticism in the British press at the time for it's release.

I wish it was available on VHS or DVD in the Unites States, but I haven't been able to find it. I would love to see it again.