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The Finest Hours

The Finest Hours

32 survivors, room for 12.

20166.61h 57m

Overview

The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.

Directed by Craig Gillespie
Written by Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson
Produced by Dorothy Aufiero, Jim Whitaker
Box OfficeBudget: $80.0MRevenue: $52.1M

Top Cast

Chris Pine

Chris Pine

Bernie Webber

Casey Affleck

Casey Affleck

Ray Sybert

Ben Foster

Ben Foster

Richard Livesey

Eric Bana

Eric Bana

Daniel Cluff

Holliday Grainger

Holliday Grainger

Miriam Webber

John Ortiz

John Ortiz

Wallace Quirey

Kyle Gallner

Kyle Gallner

Andy Fitzgerald

John Magaro

John Magaro

Ervin Maske

Graham McTavish

Graham McTavish

Frank Fauteux

Michael Raymond-James

Michael Raymond-James

D.A. Brown

Themes & Keywords

coast guardrescue missionbased on true storysurvivalstorm at seasinking ship1950s

About The Finest Hours

The Finest Hours is a action, drama, history, thriller film released in 2016 exploring themes of coast guard, rescue mission, based on true story, survival, storm at sea, sinking ship. Directed by Craig Gillespie, it stars Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster. The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.

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