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