My favourite Nevil Shute books were Pastoral and Landfall. Both took place during the 2nd world war. One centred on a Wellington bomber station, the other was Coastal Command.
The plot, tension, anguish and romance were gripping. Shame they never made a film of either book. I really wish some film director, instead of looking for a remake would consider making a film of one or both of these wonderful books . It would be worth it even if they did have to use model planes or computer graphics.
Oh yes they did....Landfall anyway!!
Plot Summary for
Landfall (1949)
Rick (Michael Denison) is a costal command pilot patrolling the English Channel for U-Boats. He sinks what he believes is a German submarine, but which later proves to be British. He is charged with neglect and volunteers for a perilous mission. Meanwhile, his girlfriend Mona (Patricia Plunkett), through some odd information she has picked up, is trying to prove that Rick is innocent of the charges and actually did sink a German U-Boat.
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