In February of 1952, one of the worst storms to ever hit the East Coast struck New England, damaging an oil tanker off the coast of Cape Cod and literally ripping it in half.
On a small lifeboat faced with frigid temperatures and 70-foot high waves, four members of the Coast Guard set out to rescue the more than 30 stranded sailors trapped aboard the rapidly-sinking vessel.
Chris Pine has the lead in the movie The Finest Hours.
Craig Gillespie, the director of The Finest Hours, previous directed Disney’s box office bomb Million Dollar Arm, and the award winning movie Lars And The Real Girl, starring Ryan Gosling.
