Drama History War
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
Jack Hawkins
Ericson
Denholm Elliott
Morell
Virginia McKenna
Julie Hallam
Stanley Baker
Bennett
Donald Sinden
Lockhart
Alec McCowen
Tonbridge
Sam Kydd
Carslake
Glyn Houston
Phillips
Liam Redmond
Watts
Harold Goodwin
ASDIC Operator
Walter Fitzgerald
Warden (uncredited)
Megs Jenkins
Tallow's Sister
Alan Webb
Admiral Murray-Forbes (uncredited)
Meredith Edwards
Yeoman Wells
Paddy Joyce
Sonar Operator (uncredited)
John Stratton
Ferraby
Moira Lister
Elaine Morell
Richard Leech
Sailor (uncredited)
June Thorburn
Doris Ferraby
Andrew Cruickshank
Scott Brown
Bruce Seton
Tallow
Gerard Heinz
Polish Captain
Jim Brady
Sailor in Water
John Singer
Gray
George Curzon
Admiral at Party
Laurence Hardy
Sellars
John Warner
Baker
Russell Waters
A.R.P. Warden
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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