The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea Poster

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1976)

04/11/1976 Drama, Mystery, Thriller 1h 45m
66%
User
Score
6.2/10
75%

He gave his soul to the sea and his heart to a woman. Their love will arouse you. The story will disturb you. The ending will startle you.

Overview

When a widowed mother falls in love with an American sailor, her troubled young son is pressured by the bullying leader of his clique to seek revenge.

Lewis John Carlino

Director

Top Billed Cast

Sarah Miles

Sarah Miles

Anne Osborne

Kris Kristofferson

Kris Kristofferson

Jim Cameron

Jonathan Kahn

Jonathan Kahn

Jonathan Osborne

Margo Cunningham

Margo Cunningham

Elizabeth Palmer

Earl Rhodes

Earl Rhodes

Chief

Paul Tropea

Paul Tropea

Number Two

Gary Lock

Gary Lock

Number Four

Stephen Black

Stephen Black

Number Five

Peter Clapham

Peter Clapham

Richard Pettit

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#549) THE SAILOR WHO FELL FROM GRACE WITH THE SEA (1976)

#549) THE SAILOR WHO FELL FROM GRACE WITH THE SEA (1976)

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written on June 25, 2020

**Disturbing, potent, beautiful and undeservedly obscure**

RELEASED IN 1976 and based on the 1963 novel by Yukio Mishima, “The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea” chronicles events on coastal England where a small group of boys around 12-14 years-old are led by an angry psychopath named “the Chief” (Earl Rhodes). Jonathan (Jonathan Kahn) experiences Oedipus complex living with his well-to-do widowed mother (Sarah Miles), who starts dating a handsome American sailor (Kris Kristofferson), the second officer of a ship that anchors in the harbor. But what does Jonathan & “the Chief” have to say about this?

This mixes unsettling themes and scenic beauty of “Last Summer” (1969) with the eroticism of movies like “Last Tango in Paris” (1972) along with a bit o’ �...

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