Sink the Bismarck!
“Personal! Powerful! Human! Heroic!”
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
(40)
Kenneth More
Captain Jonathan Shepard
Dana Wynter
WRNS Second Officer Anne Davis
Carl Möhner
Captain Lindemann - 'Bismarck'
Laurence Naismith
First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound
Geoffrey Keen
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (A.C.N.S.)
Karl Stepanek
Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck'
Michael Hordern
Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'
Maurice Denham
Commander Richards
Michael Goodliffe
Captain Banister
Esmond Knight
Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
Jack Watling
RNVR Signals Officer
Jack Gwillim
Captain Wilfrid Patterson - 'King George V'
Mark Dignam
Captain Maund - 'Ark Royal'
Ernest Clark
Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'
John Horsley
Captain - 'Sheffield'
Peter Burton
Captain Philip Vian - 4th Destroyer of Flotilla
John Stuart
Captain Kerr - 'Hood'
Walter Hudd
Admiral Holland - 'Hood'
Sydney Tafler
Henry - First Workman, 'Prince of Wales'
Sean Barrett
Able Seaman Brown
Thomas Waldron Price
Flag Lieutenant to First Sea Lord
Edward R. Murrow
Himself - Edward R. Murrow
John Stride
Tom Shepard, Captain Shepard's son, TAG - Ark Royal's Swordfish Squadron (uncredited)
Peter Dyneley
Commander Jenkins (uncredited)
Victor Maddern
Able Seaman Outside Admiralty (uncredited)
David Hemmings
Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
Johnny Briggs
Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Norman Shelley
Voice of Winston Churchill (uncredited)
John Barron
Officer P.R.O (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
Airman on Phone (uncredited)
Walter Gotell
Signals Officer Mueller on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Sam Kydd
Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Glyn Houston
Able Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Cameron Hall
Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Peter Forbes-Robertson
Signalman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Michael Ripper
Able Seaman - Lookout on 'Suffolk' (uncredited)
Michael Balfour
Able Seaman - Lookout on 'Suffolk' (uncredited)
Graham Stark
Petty Officer Williams (uncredited)
Olaf Pooley
Officer of the Watch - 'Sheffield' (uncredited)
Edwin Richfield
Bridge Officer (uncredited)
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