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