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