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

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