Directed by:
Charles FrendScreenplay:
Eric AmblerCinematography:
Gordon DinesComposer:
Alan RawsthorneCast:
Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, John Stratton, Denholm Elliott, Stanley Baker, Virginia McKenna, Bruce Seton, Moira Lister, Alec McCowen, Don Sharp (more)Plots(1)
A lieutenant commander's abilities get put to the test when he must lead his ship’s inexperienced crew during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II. (Netflix)
Cast
Jack Hawkins
UK
Best movies:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Donald Sinden
UK
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Balto (1995)
Doctor in the House (1954)
John Stratton
UK
Best movies:
The Cruel Sea (1953)
The Long Arm (1956)
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
Denholm Elliott
UK
Best movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Bangkok Hilton (1989) (series)
Stanley Baker
UK
Best movies:
Richard III (1955)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
Virginia McKenna
UK
Best movies:
Born Free (1966)
Waterloo (1970)
A Town Like Alice (1956)
Bruce Seton
India
Best movies:
The League of Gentlemen (1960)
Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
Doctor in the House (1954)
Moira Lister
South Africa
Best movies:
Trouble in Store (1953)
The Tenth Kingdom (2000) (series)
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
Alec McCowen
UK
Best movies:
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
The Secret Adversary (1983) (TV movie)
Don Sharp
Australia
Best movies:
The Cruel Sea (1953)
Harold Goodwin
UK
Best movies:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Dam Busters (1955)
Megs Jenkins
UK
Best movies:
Tiger Bay (1959)
Trouble in Store (1953)
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
Alan Webb
UK
Best movies:
The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
King Rat (1965)
The Great Train Robbery (1978)
Barry Letts
UK
Best movies:
Reach for the Sky (1956)
San Demetrio, London (1943)
Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
Walter Fitzgerald
UK
Best movies:
The Fallen Idol (1948)
San Demetrio, London (1943)
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Meredith Edwards
UK
Best movies:
Tiger Bay (1959)
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
The Cruel Sea (1953)
Glyn Houston
UK
Best movies:
Tiger Bay (1959)
The One That Got Away (1957)
A Stitch in Time (1963)
Andrew Cruickshank
UK
Best movies:
Richard III (1955)
Murder Most Foul (1964)
The Cruel Sea (1953)
Aileen Lewis
UK
Best movies:
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
From Russia with Love (1963)
Fred Griffiths
UK
Best movies:
To Sir, with Love (1967)
The Early Bird (1965)
Murder at the Gallop (1963)