War Drama
The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bismarck and her sister ship, Tirpitz, were the most powerful battleships in the European theater of World War II. The British Navy must find and destroy Bismarck before it can escape into the convoy lanes to inflict severe damage on the cargo shipping which was the lifeblood of the British Isles. With eight 15 inch guns, it was capable of destroying every ship in a convoy while remaining beyond the range of all Royal Navy warships.
Directed by
Lewis Gilbert
Michael Hordern
Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'
David Hemmings
Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
Dana Wynter
WRNS Second Officer Anne Davis
Geoffrey Keen
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (A.C.N.S.)
Michael Ripper
Able Seaman - Lookout on 'Suffolk' (uncredited)
Bernard Lee
Firing Officer (uncredited)
Ronald Hines
Officer on Bridge of 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Maurice Denham
Commander Richards
Walter Gotell
Signals Officer Mueller on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Laurence Naismith
First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound
Ian Hendry
Meteorological Officer on 'King George V' (uncredited)
George Pravda
Damage Control Officer - Bismarck (uncredited)
Peter Cellier
First Lieutenant - Destroyer (uncredited)
Kenneth More
Captain Jonathan Shepard
Victor Maddern
Able Seaman Outside Admiralty (uncredited)
John Barron
Officer P.R.O (uncredited)
Ernest Clark
Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'
Jack Watling
RNVR Signals Officer
Johnny Briggs
Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Graham Stark
Petty Officer Williams (uncredited)
Michael Sarne
Hoffman - 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Sydney Tafler
Henry - First Workman, 'Prince of Wales'
Mark Burns
Naval Rating on Phone (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
Airman on Phone (uncredited)
John Stride
Tom Shepard, Captain Shepard's son, TAG - Ark Royal's Swordfish Squadron (uncredited)
John Stuart
Captain Kerr - 'Hood'
Robert Brown
Gunnery Officer - 'King George V' (uncredited)
Esmond Knight
Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
Karl Stepanek
Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck'
Jack Gwillim
Captain Wilfrid Patterson - 'King George V'
Michael Goodliffe
Captain Banister
Glyn Houston
Able Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Sam Kydd
Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Edwin Richfield
Bridge Officer (uncredited)
John Horsley
Captain - 'Sheffield'
Edward Judd
Navigating Officer - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Olaf Pooley
Officer of the Watch - 'Sheffield' (uncredited)
Sean Barrett
Able Seaman Brown
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Somers - Officer 'King George V' (uncredited)
Walter Hudd
Admiral Holland - 'Hood'
Peter Dyneley
Commander Jenkins (uncredited)
John G. Heller
Lt. Becker on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Carl Möhner
Captain Lindemann - 'Bismarck'
Peter Burton
Captain Philip Vian - 4th Destroyer of Flotilla
Donald Churchill
Able Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
Hugh Latimer
Commander - War Room (uncredited)
John Bailey
Naval Officer (uncredited)
Russell Napier
Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)
Sean Lynch
Mail Clerk - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
Cameron Hall
Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Roy Castle
Able Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Edward R. Murrow
Himself - Edward R. Murrow
Patrick Jordan
SOE Agent in Norway (uncredited)
Julian Somers
Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Mark Dignam
Captain Maund - 'Ark Royal'
Thomas Waldron Price
Flag Lieutenant to First Sea Lord
Norman Shelley
Voice of Winston Churchill (uncredited)
Peter Forbes-Robertson
Signalman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Michael Balfour
Able Seaman - Lookout on 'Suffolk' (uncredited)
Max Butterfield
Dark Room Technician (uncredited)
Victor Beaumont
Officer - 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Richard Beale
Petty Officer on Phone (uncredited)
Charles Houston
Airman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
Robert Desmond
Dexter (uncredited)
Michael Collins
Lookout - Second Destroyer (uncredited)

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