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