The story of one of World Wars II's most famous sea battles is brought to the screen in this exciting, semi-documentary style movie. In the Spring of 1941, Nazi Germany's greatest battleship - the Bismarck, scourge of Atlantic shipping, is pinned down at her anchorage in Norway. Making a break for freedom and the safety of air cover from the Luftwaffe, the great ship is chased by the British Navy. Eventually, after heavy casualties including the loss of H.M.S. Hood, the Bismarck is finally trapped and sunk. Kenneth Moore stars as Capt. Sheperd - the Admiralty's Director of Naval Operations who, embittered by the death of his wife in an air raid, is assigned to this post just as the Bismarck makes her escape. Excellent special effects make this tense, exciting sea drama one of the finest British war films ever made.
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Kenneth More | Captain Jonathan Shepard |
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Dana Wynter | Second Officer Anne Davis |
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Carl Mohner | Kapitän Ernst Lindemann |
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Laurence Naismith | First Sea Lord - Sir Dudley Pound - Admiral of the Fleet |
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Geoffrey Keen | Assistant Chief of Naval Staff |
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Karel Stepanek | Admiral Günther Lutjens |
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Michael Hordern | Admiral Jack Tovey - Commander in Chief - HMS King George V |
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Maurice Denham | Commander Richards |
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Michael Goodliffe | Captain Banister |
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Esmond Knight | Captain John Leach - HMS Prince of Wales |
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Jack Watling | Signals Officer |
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Jack Gwillim | Commodore Wilfrid Patterson - HMS King George V |
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Mark Dignam | Captain Loben Mound - HMS Ark Royal |
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Ernest Clark | Captain Robert Ellis - HMS Suffolk |
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John Horsley | Captain Charles Larcom - HMS Sheffield |
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Peter Burton | Captain - HMS Solent - First Destroyer |
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Sydney Tafler | Henry - First Workman |
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John Stuart | Captain Ralph Kerr - HMS Hood |
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Walter Hudd | Admiral Lancelot Holland - HMS Hood |
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Sean Barrett | Able Seaman Brown |
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Edward R. Murrow | Edward R. Murrow |
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Robert Arnold | Fighter Pilot |
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Peter Avella | Bridge Officer HMS Solent |
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John Bailey | Naval Officer |
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Del Baker | Guard |
| Director | Lewis Gilbert |
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| Writer | Edmund H. North, C.S. Forester | |
| Producer | John Brabourne | |
| Musician | Clifton Parker | |
| Photography | Christopher Challis | |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
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| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Regions | Region 2 |
| Purchased | On Jun 02, 2003 |
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| Watched | |
| Index | 937 |
| Added Date | Sep 08, 2015 19:56:34 |
| Modified Date | Sep 17, 2020 12:31:55 |