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Original title

The Cruel Sea

Status: Released

Runtime:

126 minutes

Release date

1953-02-24

IMDB ID tt0045659

WikiData ID Q1198767

TMDB ID 16914

Original language en

Production Countries

Description

The movie The Cruel Sea (Original title The Cruel Sea) has in the main roles on Jack Hawkins (Ericson), Donald Sinden (Lockhart), Denholm Elliott (Morell), Stanley Baker (Bennett), Meredith Edwards (Yeoman Wells), Virginia McKenna (Julie Hallam), Megs Jenkins (Tallow's Sister), June Thorburn (Doris Ferraby), Alec McCowen (Tonbridge), Andrew Cruickshank (Scott Brown), Russell Waters (A.R.P. Warden) The release date of the movie is 24.02.1953. This movie it is produced by Ealing Studios, Michael Balcon Productions . Filmed in the following locations: Her Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK . Production countries: United Kingdom Movie Genre: Movies Drama, Movies History, Movies War

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

Actors and actresses from the movie

Jack Hawkins

Jack Hawkins

Jack Hawkins

  • 1910-09-14

John Edward Hawkins, CBE (14 September 1910 – 18 July 1973) was an English actor who worked on stage and in film from the 1930s until the 1970s. One of the most popular British film stars of the 1950s, he was best known for his portrayal of military men in films like Angels One Five (1951), The Cr

Donald Sinden

Donald Sinden

Donald Sinden

  • 1923-10-09

​Sir Donald Alfred Sinden CBE (born 9 October 1923) is an English actor of theatre, film and television. Sinden was born in Plymouth, Devon, England, on 9 October 1923. The son of Alfred Edward Sinden and his wife Mabel Agnes (née Fuller), he grew up in the Sussex village of Ditchling, where thei

Denholm Elliott

Denholm Elliott

Denholm Elliott

  • 1922-05-31

Denholm Mitchell Elliott, CBE (31 May 1922 – 6 October 1992) was an English actor of stage and screen, with over 120 major film and TV credits. In the nineteen eighties, he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in three consecutive yearsDescription above from the Wikipedia articl

Stanley Baker

Stanley Baker

Stanley Baker

  • 1928-02-29

Stanley Baker was a Welsh actor and film producer perhaps best known for the 1964 film Zulu.

Meredith Edwards

Meredith Edwards

Meredith Edwards

  • 1917-06-10

Gwilym Meredith Edwards was a Welsh character actor and writer.He was born in mining village of Rhosllannerchrugog, near Wrexham, the son of a collier. He was educated at Ruabon Grammar School. He became an actor in 1938, firstly with the Welsh National Theatre Company, then the Liverpool Playhouse.

Virginia McKenna

Virginia McKenna

Virginia McKenna

  • 1931-06-07

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaDame Virginia Anne McKenna, DBE (born 7 June 1931) is a British stage and screen actress, author, activist, and wildlife campaigner. She is best known for the films A Town Like Alice (1956), Carve Her Name with Pride (1958), Born Free (1966), and Ring of Bright W

Megs Jenkins

Megs Jenkins

Megs Jenkins

  • 1917-04-21

An engineers daughter, she had first planned on becoming a ballerina, using her original Christian name Muguette, but abandoned those plans by the age of 17 when she realized that her physique was more in keeping with her other first name, Megs. She trained in Liverpool at the School of Dancing and

June Thorburn

June Thorburn

June Thorburn

  • 1931-06-08

June Thorburn (8 June 1931 – 4 November 1967) was a popular English actress whose career was cut short by her death in an air crash. She was pregnant with her third child when returning to London from Spain on Iberia Airlines Flight 062 when it crashed into Blackdown Hill, Sussex, killing all 37 p

Alec McCowen

Alec McCowen

Alec McCowen

  • 1925-05-26

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  Alexander Duncan McCowen, CBE (26 May 1925 – 6 February 2017) was an English actor. He was known for his work in numerous film and stage productions.Description above from the Wikipedia article Alec McCowen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contribu

Andrew Cruickshank

Andrew Cruickshank

Andrew Cruickshank

  • 1907-12-25

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  Andrew John Maxton Cruickshank (25 December 1907 Aberdeen, Scotland – 29 April 1988 London, England) was a Scottish supporting actor, most famous for his portrayal of Dr Cameron in the long-running UK BBC television series, Dr Finlays Casebook, which ran

Russell Waters

Russell Waters

Russell Waters

  • 1908-06-10

Scottish actor. He mainly played small, but memorable parts in UK productions.

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