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