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The Cruel Sea
1953, Feb 24
2h 6m
At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make life miserable enough, but the men must also harden themselves to rescuing survivors of U-Boat attacks, while seldom able to strike back. Traumatic events afloat and ashore create a warm bond between the skipper and his first officer
Directed by
Charles Frend
Virginia McKenna
Julie Hallam
Denholm Elliott
Morell
Harold Goodwin
ASDIC Operator
John Warner
Baker
John Stratton
Ferraby
Paddy Joyce
Sonar Operator (uncredited)
Jack Hawkins
Ericson
Richard Leech
Sailor (uncredited)
Jim Brady
Sailor in Water
Laurence Hardy
Sellars
Meredith Edwards
Yeoman Wells
Walter Fitzgerald
Warden (uncredited)
Donald Sinden
Lockhart
George Curzon
Admiral at Party
Alan Webb
Admiral Murray-Forbes (uncredited)
Stanley Baker
Bennett
Gerard Heinz
Polish Captain
Liam Redmond
Watts
Andrew Cruickshank
Scott Brown
June Thorburn
Doris Ferraby
Megs Jenkins
Tallow's Sister
Moira Lister
Elaine Morell
Alec McCowen
Tonbridge
Bruce Seton
Tallow
Sam Kydd
Carslake
Glyn Houston
Phillips
Russell Waters
A.R.P. Warden
John Singer
Gray
Fred Griffiths
Gracey
Leo Phillips
Wainwright
Dafydd Havard
Signalman Rose
Barry Steele
Broughton
Gerik Schjelderup
Norwegian Captain
Gaston Richer
French Captain
Kenn Kennedy
Allingham
Anthony Snell
R.N. Lieutenant
Ronald Simpson
R.N. Captain
Herbert C. Walton
The Waiter
Jack Howard
A Survivor
Harold Jamieson
A.R.P. Warden
Warwick Ashton
Petty Officer Instructor
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