Directed by:
Charles FrendScreenplay:
Eric AmblerCinematography:
Gordon DinesComposer:
Alan RawsthorneCast:
Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, John Stratton, Denholm Elliott, Stanley Baker, Virginia McKenna, Bruce Seton, Moira Lister, Alec McCowen, Don Sharp (more)VOD (1)
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Jack Hawkins stars as the commander of a small convoy escort vessel during a brutal battle amidst an ocean that churns with equal parts heroism and horror, the captain and inexperienced crew of the HMS Compass Rose must wage a constant battle for survival against sudden torpedo attacks by Nazi U-boats as well as the unforgiving cruelty of the sea itself. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jack Hawkins
UK
Best movies:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Donald Sinden
UK
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Balto (1995)
Doctor in the House (1954)
John Stratton
UK
Best movies:
The Cruel Sea (1953)
The Long Arm (1956)
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
Denholm Elliott
UK
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
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Stanley Baker
UK
Best movies:
Richard III (1955)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
Virginia McKenna
UK
Best movies:
Born Free (1966)
Waterloo (1970)
A Town Like Alice (1956)
Bruce Seton
India
Best movies:
The League of Gentlemen (1960)
Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
Doctor in the House (1954)
Moira Lister
South Africa
Best movies:
Trouble in Store (1953)
The 10th Kingdom (2000) (series)
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
Alec McCowen
UK
Best movies:
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
The Secret Adversary (1983) (TV movie)
Don Sharp
Australia
Best movies:
The Cruel Sea (1953)
Harold Goodwin
UK
Best movies:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Dam Busters (1955)
Megs Jenkins
UK
Best movies:
Tiger Bay (1959)
Trouble in Store (1953)
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
Alan Webb
UK
Best movies:
Franco Zeffirelli's The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
King Rat (1965)
The First Great Train Robbery (1978)
Barry Letts
UK
Best movies:
Reach for the Sky (1956)
San Demetrio, London (1943)
Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
Walter Fitzgerald
UK
Best movies:
The Fallen Idol (1948)
San Demetrio, London (1943)
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Meredith Edwards
UK
Best movies:
Tiger Bay (1959)
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
The Cruel Sea (1953)
Glyn Houston
UK
Best movies:
Tiger Bay (1959)
The One That Got Away (1957)
A Stitch in Time (1963)
Andrew Cruickshank
UK
Best movies:
Richard III (1955)
Murder Most Foul (1964)
The Cruel Sea (1953)
Aileen Lewis
UK
Best movies:
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
From Russia with Love (1963)
Fred Griffiths
UK
Best movies:
To Sir, with Love (1967)
The Early Bird (1965)
Murder at the Gallop (1963)