The Cruel Sea

6.885

126 minutes

2/24/1953

Overview

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

Cast List

Jack Hawkins
as Ericson
Donald Sinden
as Lockhart
Denholm Elliott
as Morell
John Stratton
as Ferraby
Stanley Baker
as Bennett
Liam Redmond
as Watts
Meredith Edwards
as Yeoman Wells
Bruce Seton
as Tallow
John Warner
as Baker
Barry Letts
as Raikes
Gerard Heinz
as Polish Captain
Fred Griffiths
as Gracey
Glyn Houston
as Phillips
Virginia McKenna
as Julie Hallam
Megs Jenkins
as Tallow's Sister
June Thorburn
as Doris Ferraby
Moira Lister
as Elaine Morell
Alec McCowen
as Tonbridge
Leo Phillips
as Wainwright
Dafydd Havard
as Signalman Rose
Laurence Hardy
as Sellars
Sam Kydd
as Carslake
John Singer
as Gray
Barry Steele
as Broughton
Gerik Schjelderup
as Norwegian Captain
Gaston Richer
as French Captain
Andrew Cruickshank
as Scott Brown
Kenn Kennedy
as Allingham
Harold Goodwin
as ASDIC Operator
George Curzon
as Admiral at Party
Anthony Snell
as R.N. Lieutenant
Ronald Simpson
as R.N. Captain
Don Sharp
as Lieutenant-Commander
Herbert C. Walton
as The Waiter
Jack Howard
as A Survivor
Russell Waters
as A.R.P. Warden
Harold Jamieson
as A.R.P. Warden
Warwick Ashton
as Petty Officer Instructor
Walter Fitzgerald
as Warden (uncredited)
Paddy Joyce
as Sonar Operator (uncredited)
Richard Leech
as Sailor (uncredited)
Jim Brady
as Sailor in Water
Alan Webb
as Admiral Murray-Forbes (uncredited)