
The Whale(2022)
A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.


“14 of these survivors must be cast adrift! Which will the Captain choose?”
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.

Tyrone Power
Alec Holmes

Mai Zetterling
Nurse Julie White

Lloyd Nolan
Frank Kelly

Stephen Boyd
Will McKinley

Moira Lister
Edith Middleton

James Hayter
'Cookie' Morrow

Marie Lohr
Dorothy Knudson

Finlay Currie
Mr. Wheaton

John Stratton
Jimmy 'Sparks' Clary

Victor Maddern
Willy Hawkins
Seven Waves Away is a drama, adventure film released in 1957 exploring themes of nurse, lifeboat. Directed by Richard Sale, it stars Tyrone Power, Mai Zetterling, Lloyd Nolan. 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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