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Western Approaches is a film of genre Drama directed by Pat Jackson released in USA on 27 september 1946
Western Approaches (1944)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 27 september 1946
Directed by Pat Jackson
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Rating69%
Western Approaches is a 1944 documentary war film directed by Pat Jackson.
It is the fictional account of 22 sailors marooned in a lifeboat. Much of it was shot in the Irish Sea. Sailors rather than professional actors were used. (source: The Times, 4.7.2011)
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