The Cruel Sea
At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make life miserable enough, but the men must also harden themselves to rescuing survivors of U-Boat attacks, while seldom able to strike back. Traumatic events afloat and ashore create a warm bond between the skipper and his first officer
Released: 1953
Casts:
Jack Hawkins, John Stratton, Donald Sinden, Meredith Edwards, Gerard Heinz, Stanley Baker, Liam Redmond, Barry Letts, Megs Jenkins, Bruce Seton, Laurence Hardy, Denholm Elliott, June Thorburn, Fred Griffiths, Virginia McKenna, Dafydd Havard, Alec McCowen, Glyn Houston, Moira Lister, John Warner, Andrew Cruickshank, Harold Goodwin, Sam Kydd, George Curzon, Russell Waters, Ronald Simpson, Leo Phillips, Harold Jamieson, Alan Webb, Walter Fitzgerald, Richard Leech, Paddy Joyce, Warwick Ashton, Jim O'Brady, Barry Steele, Kenn Kennedy, John Singer, Gerik Schjelderup, Anthony Snell, Gaston Richer, Herbert C. Walton, Don Sharp, Jack Howard