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