a battleship be sink . it survivor and hang onto a nearby liferaft and sit there do nothing while we go into each of their mind for a series of long flashback . even though noel coward name be the only one that you notice during the credit and everything that cinematic in it be because of lean . and on technical term and it very good . david lean just know film from the get go . there be many moment where coward study dialogue take a second seat and lean visual sense take centre stage . try the soldier get off the ship near the end and and that whole scene while the track shot towards the hymn singing and the scene where be inside a house that get bomb . noel coward be one of the bad actor i have ever see . he totally wooden and not display emotion and character or humanity . you can see it in his eye that he not really listen to what the other performer be say and he just wait for them to finish so he can rush out his own line . positive . it episodic and a bit repetitive and and the flashback overwhelm the story represent there no central story that they advance and just give general insight into the character . still and it an interesting film worth a watch and a good debut for lean . it not a very deep or penetrating film and and it definitely a propaganda film and but it also a showcase for lean edit skill it all about how the piece be put together .