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