The Last Inch

The Last Inch (Russian: Последний дюйм) is a 1958 Soviet drama film directed by Nikita Kurikhin and Teodor Vulfovich.[2][3][4] It is based on an eponymous short story by James Aldridge published in the U.S.S.R. in 1957, and in London in 1960 in the Gold & sand collection[5].

The Last Inch
Russian: Последний дюйм
Directed by
  • Nikita Kurikhin
  • Teodor Vulfovich
Written by
Starring
Music byMoisey Vaynberg[1]
CinematographyYe. Bazhenova
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Plot

The film tells about an unemployed pilot named Ben Ensley, who decides to make dangerous underwater shots to make money, and goes accompanied by his son Davy (who begged him to come along) to the distant Shark Bay. While making the shots, Ben gets bitten by the shark and he's bleeding. The only chance for him to survive is to fly back to the small African town from where they parted.

Davy carries his wounded father into the plane and then follows his instructions to take off the island and fly along the way. But the most complicated, most dangerous part of the flight is the landing. Ben Ensley, who's half-conscientious from the loss of blood, instructs his son about "the last inch" that he must feel when landing a plane.

The "last inch" also references to the thin margin between life and death of the heroes.

Cast
  • Vladislav Muratov as Davy (as Slava Muratov)
  • Nikolai Kryukov as Ben Enslie
  • Mikhail Gluzskiy as Gifford
  • Aliagha Aghayev as cafe owner
  • Mukhlis Dzhanni-zade as mechanic
  • Aleksey Rozanov as doctor[6]

References
  1. Музыка из ада, музыка жизни, или Явление Вайнберга
  2. Режиссер Никита Курихин: его убийцей стал купленный по блату «Запорожец»
  3. «Пассажирка»: возможность оперы
  4. Кушать подано: 10 лучших фильмов с участием акул
  5. https://www.worldcat.org/title/gold-sand-stories/oclc/70531685
  6. Последний дюйм (1959) Full Cast & Crew
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