abandon ship or seven wave away be a very powerful and difficult film to watch and make a little more palatable by the presence of one of film great matinée idol and tyrone power . i be sorry one of the poster do not find him sexy . that man ooze sex from every pore of his body just ask anyone who come within two foot of him and include his costar in this film and mai zetterling . their torrid affair be discuss in vivid and oh so vivid detail in her autobiography a whole 18 page chapter . sex aside and this film come off a a great deal gritty than lifeboat . for me and tallulah bankhead be so dazzling in lifeboat and much of the focus be on her and which somehow dissipate a lot of the tragedy . the two film be similar and though and on some plot point . however and due to bankhead and there be some humor in lifeboat . abandon ship or seven wave away have none . the film will keep you glue to your seat and but it be not easy to take and a it be unrelenting in it message and harrow scene . you will suffer along with each person who be sacrifice so that others may live . it great to see tyrone power in a meaty role and and i do believe his career would have take some exciting turn and both on stage and screen and have he live past the age of 44. his face be a total curse ( to him only ) and get in the way of serious act pursuit for year . his performance in abandon ship be excellent and stand a one of his best . there be other film where he have a tendency to tighten up and but this wasn not one of them . it a shame about him like so many men of that era and he always have a cigarette in his hand while in power case and it be suspect he have heart trouble and but he be in denial about it and do not want it verified . so be stick with what work of his we have and and a lot of it be pretty darn good . accord to mai zetterling book and all those tomorrow and the cast sit in a boat floating in a large indoor tank at shepperton studio . there be wind and wave machine and a watershoot pour cold water on the cast . a starting pistol have to be use to start action a there be no way to hear the director . in the end and the whole film be dub because no one could hear . zetterling have a nearly three year affair with power and which get a chapter in her book .