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Acting
Guinness brings quiet longing to every glance at Muriel Pavlow.
Production
Real RAF cooperation and Malta locations — rare 1950s authenticity.
Cinematography
Glorious Technicolor sunsets between explosions.

Director
Brian Desmond Hurst
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