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Malta Story

1942 and the island of Malta is battling for survival. The threat of invasion by Axis forces is increasing as air raids wear down its defence. Entering this maelstrom is Flight Lieutenant Peter Ross, an RAF photo-reconnaissance pilot

Director

Brian Desmond Hurst

Year

Genre

drama, history, war

Box Office

N/A

Production

J. Arthur Rank Organisation,British Film-Makers

Awards

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Giuseppe Gonzar aka Ricardi

Vice Admiral Payne

Vice Admiral Willie Banks

Melita Gonzar - Maria's Mum

Maltese man riding horse and carriage

Group Captain - Operations

Hudson Passenger

Naval Cypher Office

Cypher Clerk

Peter Barkworth

Old Man in Food Queue

Flying Officer

Paolo Gonzar - Maria's Brother

Stripey

Edward Chaffers

British Officer

Carmella Gonzar - Paolo's Wife

Rosalie Crutchley

British Officer

Garrison Commander

Lieutenant Whitaker

Woman in Food Queue

Radar Operator

Thomas Heathcote

British Soldier at Anti-Aircraft Battery

British Soldier at Anti-Aircraft Battery

British Soldier at Airfield

Soldier at Airfield

Soldier

O'Connor

Perce - Grouchy Soldier at Airfield

Sailor

Squadron Leader Ramsey

Ninno Gonzar

Richard O'Sullivan

Pilot on Back of Truck

Operations Room Plotter

Bus Passenger

Officer in Prison

William Russell

Radar Officer

Flight Lieutenant Matthews

Operations Room Plotter

Hudson Pilot

RAF Officer

Soldier at Airfield

Lt. Frank Hobley - Navy Pilot

Hudson Co-Pilot

Pierce - Luga Airfield Controller

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Flight Lt. Peter Ross Maria Gonzar Vice Admiral Payne

Ask the controller
to come in, will you? - Malta Story

Ask the controller to come in, will you?

Oh, by the way, we'll be
coming in on runway 1-3. - Malta Story

Oh, by the way, we'll be coming in on runway 1-3.

Strange people, the Chinese. - Malta Story

Strange people, the Chinese.

Is it always like this - Malta Story

Is it always like this

You're what we used to call the eyes of the fleet - Malta Story

You're what we used to call the eyes of the fleet

You weren't killed - Malta Story

You weren't killed

Paolo is of course our military expert but I also read - Malta Story

Paolo is of course our military expert but I also read

Hello, Robbie. - Malta Story

Will you fasten your safety
belts, please, gentlemen? - Malta Story

Will you fasten your safety belts, please, gentlemen?

Can I take off, skipper? - Malta Story

Can I take off, skipper?

I looked over these notes
last night. - Malta Story

I looked over these notes last night.

Tower from raf air 632. - Malta Story

Tower from raf air 632.

Well, we shouldn't be long now.
How are you feeling? - Malta Story

Well, we shouldn't be long now. How are you feeling?

Would you fasten
your safety belts, please? - Malta Story

Would you fasten your safety belts, please?

You were right, Reggie,
we didn't miss it. - Malta Story

You were right, Reggie, we didn't miss it.

What a story to tell the missus! - Malta Story

What a story to tell the missus!

Have you earthed your set? - Malta Story

Have you earthed your set?

Raf air 632 from okinawa tower. - Malta Story

Raf air 632 from okinawa tower.

Not a bad landing
for a night like this! - Malta Story

Not a bad landing for a night like this!

Well, I think this is
where I go to bed. - Malta Story

Well, I think this is where I go to bed.

Do you think they will come - Malta Story

Do you think they will come

McKenzie, just a minute. - Malta Story

McKenzie, just a minute.

Well, it's all okay. - Malta Story

Well, it's all okay.

What on earth
was all that about? - Malta Story

What on earth was all that about?

- Good morning, sir.
- Good morning, all set? - Malta Story

- Good morning, sir. - Good morning, all set?

Hello, Robbie, I was just
coming to find you. - Malta Story

Hello, Robbie, I was just coming to find you.

Seven thousand feet, skipper. - Malta Story

Seven thousand feet, skipper.

It's gone, packed up. - Malta Story

It's gone, packed up.

What's the trouble? - Malta Story

What's the trouble?

I think perhaps
you should know, sir, - Malta Story

I think perhaps you should know, sir,

Fourteen thousand. - Malta Story

Fourteen thousand.

Maybe it's clear below. - Malta Story

Maybe it's clear below.

It's this... - Malta Story

So long as that ice keeps
flying off, we're all right. - Malta Story

So long as that ice keeps flying off, we're all right.

Oh, I can't stand this. - Malta Story

Oh, I can't stand this.

I'm afraid, skipper,
we'll have to go down. - Malta Story

I'm afraid, skipper, we'll have to go down.

Give me quarter flap. - Malta Story

Give me quarter flap.

Well done, Walker. - Malta Story

Well done, Walker.

Thirteen thousand. - Malta Story

Thirteen thousand.

By my reckoning,
we should come down - Malta Story

By my reckoning, we should come down

We're coming out of it. - Malta Story

We're coming out of it.

I'll turn due south
down the coast - Malta Story

I'll turn due south down the coast

How we are for fuel? - Malta Story

How we are for fuel?

That's strange, skipper,
we're heading due north now. - Malta Story

That's strange, skipper, we're heading due north n...

- We could be going up here.
- Could be. - Malta Story

- We could be going up here. - Could be.

Well, it can't be worse
than it's been, - Malta Story

Well, it can't be worse than it's been,

Thank you, gentlemen,
I think he'll be all right now - Malta Story

Thank you, gentlemen, I think he'll be all right now

How's the fuel? - Malta Story

How's the fuel?

Storm, show,
cliffs, and a beach. - Malta Story

Storm, show, cliffs, and a beach.

Port boost up. - Malta Story

You're quite right, captain. - Malta Story

You're quite right, captain.

We're going to make
an emergency landing - Malta Story

We're going to make an emergency landing

Ask the air marshal
to come forward, will you? - Malta Story

Ask the air marshal to come forward, will you?

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1942 and the island of Malta is battling for survival. The threat of invasion by Axis forces is increasing as air raids wear down its defence. Entering this maelstrom is Flight Lieutenant Peter Ross, an RAF photo-reconnaissance pilot

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Brian Desmond Hurst

Writer: Thorold Dickinson, Peter De Sarigny, Hugh P. Lloyd

Production: J. Arthur Rank Organisation,British Film-Makers

Genre: drama, history, war

Year: 1953

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.5

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 05 Aug 1954

Awards: N/A

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