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Year: 1953
Genre: Film
Running Time: 121 minutes
Available from: 1 Nov 2021
Removed: 5 Oct 2022

Gripping account of life at sea during WWII. Adapted from Nicholas Monsarrat's classic novel, it follows the brave men of a Royal Navy battleship as they fight Germany’s U-boats.

Cast and Crew

Director: Charles Frend
Cast: Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, John Stratton, Denholm Elliott, John Warner, Stanley Baker, Bruce Seton, Liam Redmond, Virginia McKenna, Moira Lister, June Thorburn, Megs Jenkins, Meredith Edwards, Glyn Houston, Alec McCowen, Leo Phillips, Dafydd Havard, Fred Griffiths, Laurence Hardy, Sam Kydd, John Singer, Barry Steele, Gerard Heinz, Gerik Schjelderup, Gaston Richer, Andrew Cruickshank, Barry Letts, Kenn Kennedy, Harold Goodwin, George Curzon, Anthony Snell, Ronald Simpson, Don Sharp, Herbert C. Walton, Jack Howard, Russell Waters, Harold Jamieson, Warwick Ashton
Writers: Nicholas Monsarrat, Eric Ambler

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