CRUEL SEA, THE

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• Release Year: 1953
• Genre: Action, Drama, War
• Plot: In this acclaimed adaptation of Nicholas Monsarrat's epic international bestseller, Jack Hawkins stars as the all-too-human commander of a small convoy escort vessel during the brutal Battle Of The North Atlantic. 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. Denholm Elliott, Stanley Baker, Donald Sinden and Virginia McKenna co-star in this classic drama that was nominated for three British Academy Awards including Best British Actor for Hawkins and Best Film that still stands as one of most gripping motion pictures ever made about courage, carnage and the grim realities of men in combat
• 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, Arthur Bentley, Jack Dearlove, Walter Fitzgerald, Paddy Joyce, Richard Leech, Aileen Lewis, Fred Machon, Jim O'Brady, Paddy Smith, David Gideon Thomson, Alan Webb, Charles Frend, Nicholas Monsarrat, Eric Ambler
• Director: Charles Frend
• Runtime: 2:07
• Company: Ealing Studios, Michael Balcon Productions, J. Arthur Rank Organisation, StudioCanal, Anchor Bay Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie