Gene Kelly wears an unidentified watch

Gene Kelly plays Lieutenant Bradville in Seagulls Over Sorrento, an American naval officer sent to a British research station to supervise torpedo experiments after one of their scientists dies in an accident. Roy Boulting directed this 1954 drama, adapted from a stage play about the tensions between American and British military personnel working together after World War II. Kelly was known primarily for musicals at this point, and the role gave him a chance to play something straighter, though the film itself is mostly forgotten today. The story examines class and national differences through the confined setting of the research station, with Kelly's American bringing a different approach to the British crew. The film was released in the UK as Crest of the Wave and is a minor entry in Kelly's filmography between his major musical work. His watch has not been identified.