Rating: NR
Genre: War
Release Date: 10/17/2006
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 127 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Anchor Bay

In this seagoing military drama set in World War II, Lt. Comdr. Ericson (Jack Hawkins) is made captain of a British corvette, a small escort vessel used to guide and protect convoys traveling through the Atlantic. Ericson had his confidence severely shaken during his last command, in which he lost his ship and most of its men following an attack by a German U-boat. As he leads a new and largely inexperienced crew aboard the H.M.S. Compass Rose, Ericson is once again thrown into a life-and-death dilemma that forces him to choose between destroying an enemy ship and sparing the lives of his own men. The Cruel Sea featured breakthrough early performances from Denholm Elliott and Virginia McKenna, and it was based on a best-selling novel by Nicholas Monsarrat, who stipulated that the film rights could be sold only to a British company.

~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Jack Hawkins - Lt. Cdr. Ericson
Donald Sinden - Lt. Keith Lockhart
John Stratton - Sub-Lt. Ferraby
Denholm Elliott - Sub-Lt. Morell
Stanley Baker - Lt. Bennett
Virginia McKenna - Julie Hallam
Bruce Seton - Bob Tallow
Liam Redmond - Jim Watts
Moira Lister - Elaine Morell
June Thorburn - Doris Ferraby
Megs Jenkins - Glad Tallow
Meredith Edwards - Yeoman Wells
Glyn Houston - Phillips
Alec McCowen - Tonbridge
Leo Phillips - Wainwright
Dafydd Havard - Signalman Rose
Fred Griffiths - Gracey
Laurence Hardy - Sellars
Sam Kydd - Carslake
Jonathan Singer - Gray
Barry Steele - Broughton

Production:
Alec McCowen Charles Frend - Director
Leslie Norman - Producer
Alan Rawsthorne - Composer
Peter Tanner - Editor
Eric Ambler - Screen Writer
Chic Waterson - Camera Operator
Gordon Dines - Cinematographer
Anthony Mendleson - Costume Designer
Michael Balcon - Executive Producer
Jim Morahan - Production Designer
Syd Pearson - Special Effects
Nicholas Monsarrat - Book Author

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