Sink the Bismarck!
6.8
97 minutes
2/11/1960
Overview
The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bismarck and her sister ship, Tirpitz, were the most powerful battleships in the European theater of World War II. The British Navy must find and destroy Bismarck before it can escape into the convoy lanes to inflict severe damage on the cargo shipping which was the lifeblood of the British Isles. With eight 15 inch guns, it was capable of destroying every ship in a convoy while remaining beyond the range of all Royal Navy warships.
Cast List
Kenneth More
as Captain Jonathan Shepard
Dana Wynter
as WRNS Second Officer Anne Davis
Carl Möhner
as Captain Lindemann - 'Bismarck'
Laurence Naismith
as First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound
Geoffrey Keen
as Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (A.C.N.S.)
Karl Stepanek
as Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck'
Michael Hordern
as Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'
Maurice Denham
as Commander Richards
Michael Goodliffe
as Captain Banister
Esmond Knight
as Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
Jack Watling
as RNVR Signals Officer
Jack Gwillim
as Captain Wilfrid Patterson - 'King George V'
Mark Dignam
as Captain Maund - 'Ark Royal'
Ernest Clark
as Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'
John Horsley
as Captain - 'Sheffield'
Peter Burton
as Captain Philip Vian - 4th Destroyer of Flotilla
John Stuart
as Captain Kerr - 'Hood'
Walter Hudd
as Admiral Holland - 'Hood'
Sydney Tafler
as Henry - First Workman, 'Prince of Wales'
Sean Barrett
as Able Seaman Brown
Thomas Waldron Price
as Flag Lieutenant to First Sea Lord
Edward R. Murrow
as Himself - Edward R. Murrow
John Stride
as Tom Shepard, Captain Shepard's son, TAG - Ark Royal's Swordfish Squadron (uncredited)
Peter Dyneley
as Commander Jenkins (uncredited)
Victor Maddern
as Able Seaman Outside Admiralty (uncredited)
David Hemmings
as Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
Johnny Briggs
as Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Norman Shelley
as Voice of Winston Churchill (uncredited)
John Barron
as Officer P.R.O (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
as Airman on Phone (uncredited)
Walter Gotell
as Signals Officer Mueller on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Sam Kydd
as Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Glyn Houston
as Able Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Cameron Hall
as Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Peter Forbes-Robertson
as Signalman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Michael Ripper
as Able Seaman - Lookout on 'Suffolk' (uncredited)
Michael Balfour
as Able Seaman - Lookout on 'Suffolk' (uncredited)
Graham Stark
as Petty Officer Williams (uncredited)
Olaf Pooley
as Officer of the Watch - 'Sheffield' (uncredited)
Edwin Richfield
as Bridge Officer (uncredited)
George Pravda
as Damage Control Officer - Bismarck (uncredited)
Russell Napier
as Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)
Edward Judd
as Navigating Officer - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Bernard Lee
as Firing Officer (uncredited)
Robert Brown
as Gunnery Officer - 'King George V' (uncredited)
Max Butterfield
as Dark Room Technician (uncredited)
Mark Burns
as Naval Rating on Phone (uncredited)
Roy Castle
as Able Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Victor Beaumont
as Officer - 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Richard Beale
as Petty Officer on Phone (uncredited)
Donald Churchill
as Able Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
Peter Cellier
as First Lieutenant - Destroyer (uncredited)
Charles Houston
as Airman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
Patrick Jordan
as SOE Agent in Norway (uncredited)
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
as Somers - Officer 'King George V' (uncredited)
Hugh Latimer
as Commander - War Room (uncredited)
Sean Lynch
as Mail Clerk - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
Julian Somers
as Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Michael Sarne
as Hoffman - 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Robert Desmond
as Dexter (uncredited)
John Bailey
as Naval Officer (uncredited)
Michael Collins
as Lookout - Second Destroyer (uncredited)
John G. Heller
as Lt. Becker on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Ian Hendry
as Meteorological Officer on 'King George V' (uncredited)
Ronald Hines
as Officer on Bridge of 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)