Scott of the Antarctic

Movie (1948)

John Mills is on top form heading the cast in this splendid but controversial dramatic account of the famous explorer's doomed expedition to the South Pole. The extreme conditions, poor decision-making and the pressure of the race to make it to the Pole before their Norwegian rivals proved too much for the British team, leading to tragedy. Also starring Derek Bond as Captain Oates, whose final act of self-sacrifice in the snowy wastes has gone down in the annals as an example of true courage. James Robertson Justice, Kenneth More and John Gregson co-star. The first of a double-bill of films shown as part of the Summer of British Film season