Sink the Bismarck!
11/02/1960
2h

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


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)


George Pravda
Damage Control Officer - Bismarck (uncredited)


Russell Napier
Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)


Edward Judd
Navigating Officer - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)


Bernard Lee
Firing Officer (uncredited)


Robert Brown
Gunnery Officer - 'King George V' (uncredited)
Max Butterfield
Dark Room Technician (uncredited)


Mark Burns
Naval Rating on Phone (uncredited)


Roy Castle
Able Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Victor Beaumont
Officer - 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Richard Beale
Petty Officer on Phone (uncredited)


Donald Churchill
Able Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)


Peter Cellier
First Lieutenant - Destroyer (uncredited)
Charles Houston
Airman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)


Patrick Jordan
SOE Agent in Norway (uncredited)


Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Somers - Officer 'King George V' (uncredited)


Hugh Latimer
Commander - War Room (uncredited)


Sean Lynch
Mail Clerk - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)


Julian Somers
Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)


Michael Sarne
Hoffman - 'Bismarck' (uncredited)


Robert Desmond
Dexter (uncredited)


John Bailey
Naval Officer (uncredited)
Michael Collins
Lookout - Second Destroyer (uncredited)


John G. Heller
Lt. Becker on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)


Ian Hendry
Meteorological Officer on 'King George V' (uncredited)


Ronald Hines
Officer on Bridge of 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
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