The Cruel Sea (1953)
The Cruel Sea (1953)
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Where to Watch.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Jack Hawkins
Ericson
Donald Sinden
Lockhart
John Stratton
Ferraby
Denholm Elliott
Morell
John Warner
Baker
Stanley Baker
Bennett
Meredith Edwards
Yeoman Wells
Bruce Seton
Tallow
Liam Redmond
Watts
Virginia McKenna
Julie Hallam
Barry Letts
Raikes
Gerard Heinz
Polish Captain
Moira Lister
Elaine Morell
Fred Griffiths
Gracey
Charles Frend
Director
Glyn Houston
Phillips
Nicholas Monsarrat
Writer
Eric Ambler
Writer
Megs Jenkins
Tallow's Sister
Leslie Norman
Producer
June Thorburn
Doris Ferraby
Alan Rawsthorne
Composer
Gordon Dines
Cinematographer
Alec McCowen
Tonbridge
Peter Tanner
Editor
Leo Phillips
Wainwright
Dafydd Havard
Signalman Rose
Laurence Hardy
Sellars
Sam Kydd
Carslake
John Singer
Gray
Barry Steele
Broughton
Gerik Schjelderup
Norwegian Captain
Gaston Richer
French Captain
Andrew Cruickshank
Scott Brown
Kenn Kennedy
Allingham
Harold Goodwin
ASDIC Operator
George Curzon
Admiral at Party
Anthony Snell
R.N. Lieutenant
Ronald Simpson
R.N. Captain
Don Sharp
Lieutenant-Commander
Herbert C. Walton
The Waiter
Jack Howard
A Survivor
Russell Waters
A.R.P. Warden
Harold Jamieson
A.R.P. Warden
Warwick Ashton
Petty Officer Instructor
Walter Fitzgerald
Warden (uncredited)
Paddy Joyce
Sonar Operator (uncredited)
Richard Leech
Sailor (uncredited)
Jim Brady
Sailor in Water
Alan Webb
Admiral Murray-Forbes (uncredited)
Anthony Mendleson
Wardrobe Designer
Paul Beeson
Second Unit Cinematographer
Ernest Irving
Conductor
Hal Mason
Production Supervisor
Norman Priggen
Assistant Director
Barbara Barnard
Hairstylist
Jim Morahan
Art Direction
Sidney Turner
Makeup Artist
Sydney Pearson
Special Effects
Chic Waterson
Camera Operator
L. C. Rudkin
Unit Production Manager
Jo Jago
Second Unit Cinematographer
Stephen Dalby
Sound Supervisor
Leo Wilkins
Sound Recordist
Jean Graham
Continuity
Geoffrey Dickinson
Visual Effects
John R.F. Stewart
Additional Photography
J. E. Broome
Technical Advisor
R. S. Abram
Technical Advisor
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 24, 1953
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 6m
Content RatingNR
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Wiki.
The Cruel Sea is a 1953 British war film based on the novel of the same title by Nicholas Monsarrat. The film starred Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, Denholm Elliott, Stanley Baker, Liam Redmond, Virginia McKenna and Moira Lister. The movie was made by Ealing Studios seven years after the end of the Second World War, and was directed by Charles Frend and produced by Leslie Norman.
The film portrays the conditions in which the Battle of the Atlantic was fought between the Royal Navy and Germany's U-boats, seen from the viewpoint of the British naval officers and seamen who served in convoy escorts. It is based on the best-selling 1951 novel of the same name by former naval officer Nicholas Monsarrat, though the screenplay by Eric Ambler omits some of the novel's grimmest moments.