Seven Waves Away

Seven Waves Away (alternate U.S. titles: Abandon Ship! and Seven Days From Now) is a 1957 British drama film starring Tyrone Power, Mai Zetterling, Lloyd Nolan, and Stephen Boyd. When his ship goes down, an officer has to make an agonizing decision on his overcrowded lifeboat. The plot has similarities to the real-life sinking of the American ship William Brown in 1841. Though there is no direct acknowledgment by the filmmakers, an announcer stat... more

Seven Waves Away (alternate U.S. titles: Abandon Ship! and Seven Days From Now) is a 1957 British drama film starring Tyrone Power, Mai Zetterling, Lloyd Nolan, and Stephen Boyd. When his ship goes down, an officer has to make an agonizing decision on his overcrowded lifeboat. The plot has similarities to the real-life sinking of the American ship William Brown in 1841. Though there is no direct acknowledgment by the filmmakers, an announcer states, "This was a true story. In real life, Captain [sic] Alexander Holmes was tried for murder but sentenced to only six months because of the extraordinary circumstances." The luxury liner SS Crescent Star sinks in seven minutes after striking a mine in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, taking with her nearly all of the 1156 people on board. Twenty-seven of the survivors converge on a single lifeboat designed to accommodate only nine. The dying captain passes command to executive officer Alec Holmes (Tyrone Power). Holmes then learns from ... less