Bibliograph

The finest hours, director, Craig Gillespie ; screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson

Type

Label

The finest hours, director, Craig Gillespie ; screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Rating: PG-13; for intense sequences of peril

Main title

The finest hours

Oclc number

946446531

Responsibility statement

director, Craig Gillespie ; screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson

Runtime

117

Summary

In February of 1952, one of the worst storms to ever hit the East Coast struck New England, damaging an oil tanker off the coast of Cape Cod and literally ripping it in half. On a small lifeboat faced with frigid temperatures and 70-foot high waves, four members of the Coast Guard set out to rescue the more than 30 stranded sailors trapped aboard the rapidly-sinking vessel

Technique

live action

Classification