The Cruel Sea (1953) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Charles Frend.

Cast

• Jack Hawkins as Ericson
• Donald Sinden as Lockhart
• Denholm Elliott as Morell
• John Stratton as Ferraby
• Stanley Baker as Bennett
• Liam Redmond as Watts
• Meredith Edwards as Yeoman Wells
• Bruce Seton as Tallow
• John Warner as Baker
• Barry Letts as Raikes
• Gerard Heinz as Polish Captain
• Fred Griffiths as Gracey
• Glyn Houston as Phillips
• Virginia McKenna as Julie Hallam
• Megs Jenkins as Tallow's Sister
• June Thorburn as Doris Ferraby
• Moira Lister as Elaine Morell
• Alec McCowen as Tonbridge
• Leo Phillips as Wainwright
• Dafydd Havard as Signalman Rose
• Laurence Hardy as Sellars
• Sam Kydd as Carslake
• John Singer as Gray
• Barry Steele as Broughton
• Gerik Schjelderup as Norwegian Captain
• Gaston Richer as French Captain
• Andrew Cruickshank as Scott Brown
• Kenn Kennedy as Allingham
• Harold Goodwin as ASDIC Operator
• George Curzon as Admiral at Party
• Anthony Snell as R.N. Lieutenant
• Ronald Simpson as R.N. Captain
• Don Sharp as Lieutenant-Commander
• Herbert C. Walton as The Waiter
• Jack Howard as A Survivor
• Russell Waters as A.R.P. Warden
• Harold Jamieson as A.R.P. Warden
• Warwick Ashton as Petty Officer Instructor
• Walter Fitzgerald as Warden (uncredited)
• Paddy Joyce as Sonar Operator (uncredited)

Crew

• Nicholas Monsarrat — Novel
• Eric Ambler — Screenplay
• Charles Frend — Director
• Leslie Norman — Producer
• Gordon Dines — Director of Photography

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