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
David Hemmings
Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
Walter Gotell
Signals Officer Mueller on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Bernard Lee
Firing Officer (uncredited)
Dana Wynter
WRNS Second Officer Anne Davis
Laurence Naismith
First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound
Michael Hordern
Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'
Maurice Denham
Commander Richards
Geoffrey Keen
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (A.C.N.S.)
John Bailey
Naval Officer (uncredited)
Peter Cellier
First Lieutenant - Destroyer (uncredited)
Ian Hendry
Meteorological Officer on 'King George V' (uncredited)
Robert Brown
Gunnery Officer - 'King George V' (uncredited)
John Horsley
Captain - 'Sheffield'
Kenneth More
Captain Jonathan Shepard
George Pravda
Damage Control Officer - Bismarck (uncredited)
Michael Sarne
Hoffman - 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Olaf Pooley
Officer of the Watch - 'Sheffield' (uncredited)
Michael Goodliffe
Captain Banister
Michael Ripper
Able Seaman - Lookout on 'Suffolk' (uncredited)
Edward Judd
Navigating Officer - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Ronald Hines
Officer on Bridge of 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Esmond Knight
Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
John Stride
Tom Shepard, Captain Shepard's son, TAG - Ark Royal's Swordfish Squadron (uncredited)
Glyn Houston
Able Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Peter Dyneley
Commander Jenkins (uncredited)
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Somers - Officer 'King George V' (uncredited)
John Stuart
Captain Kerr - 'Hood'
Mark Burns
Naval Rating on Phone (uncredited)
Carl Möhner
Captain Lindemann - 'Bismarck'
Graham Stark
Petty Officer Williams (uncredited)
Jack Gwillim
Captain Wilfrid Patterson - 'King George V'
Sam Kydd
Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Victor Maddern
Able Seaman Outside Admiralty (uncredited)
Michael Balfour
Able Seaman - Lookout on 'Suffolk' (uncredited)
Edwin Richfield
Bridge Officer (uncredited)
Ernest Clark
Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'
John Barron
Officer P.R.O (uncredited)
Norman Shelley
Voice of Winston Churchill (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
Airman on Phone (uncredited)
Mark Dignam
Captain Maund - 'Ark Royal'
Peter Burton
Captain Philip Vian - 4th Destroyer of Flotilla
Sydney Tafler
Henry - First Workman, 'Prince of Wales'
Patrick Jordan
SOE Agent in Norway (uncredited)
Karl Stepanek
Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck'
Jack Watling
RNVR Signals Officer
Johnny Briggs
Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Donald Churchill
Able Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
Sean Lynch
Mail Clerk - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
Russell Napier
Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)
Sean Barrett
Able Seaman Brown
Peter Forbes-Robertson
Signalman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Walter Hudd
Admiral Holland - 'Hood'
Cameron Hall
Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Julian Somers
Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Roy Castle
Able Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
John G. Heller
Lt. Becker on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Edward R. Murrow
Himself - Edward R. Murrow
Robert Desmond
Dexter (uncredited)
Hugh Latimer
Commander - War Room (uncredited)
Thomas Waldron Price
Flag Lieutenant to First Sea Lord
Max Butterfield
Dark Room Technician (uncredited)
Victor Beaumont
Officer - 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Richard Beale
Petty Officer on Phone (uncredited)
Charles Houston
Airman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
Michael Collins
Lookout - Second Destroyer (uncredited)

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