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