I've just watched this film on the Talking Pictures TV channel and was very impressed with the cast list, full of names that I recognised. (It was interesting to see Patrick McGoohan in his first film.) It did drag on a bit and some scenes could have been shortened. Diane Cilento seemed to bring on board not much luggage but a goodly range of smart dresses, but I was impressed with her scene (again a bit extrapolated) when she was out on deck during the storm and enduring a prolonged drenching and rolling around on a heaving deck - no signs of stand-ins that I could see.
Given what a miserable fellow Ryland was, it was surprising to see his long-serving steward getting sentimental before his farewell ceremony and also Vosper and Ruth turning up for it. It didn't ring true that she seemed concerned about him despite the brutal way that he'd attacked her; it would have been more convincing had he just made a pass and pleaded a bit and nobly accepted rejection.
Given what a miserable fellow Ryland was, it was surprising to see his long-serving steward getting sentimental before his farewell ceremony and also Vosper and Ruth turning up for it. It didn't ring true that she seemed concerned about him despite the brutal way that he'd attacked her; it would have been more convincing had he just made a pass and pleaded a bit and nobly accepted rejection.