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The Cruel Sea
Why this pick
A similarly restrained British wartime sea drama, balancing convoy operations and tactical danger with the accumulating emotional cost borne by naval officers and crews.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The story starts with a clip of actual German newsreel footage from 14 February 1939, when Nazi Germany's largest and most powerful battleship, ''German battleship Bismarck'', is launched in a ceremony at Hamburg with Adolf Hitler in attendance. The launching of the hull is seen as the beginning of a new era of German sea power.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Kenneth More
Captain Jonathan Shepard
Jack Watling
RNVR Signals Officer
Mark Dignam
Captain Maund - 'Ark Royal'
John Stuart
Captain Kerr - 'Hood'
Walter Hudd
Admiral Holland - 'Hood'
Sydney Tafler
Henry - First Workman, 'Prince of Wales'
Sean Barrett
Able Seaman Brown
Edward R. Murrow
Himself - Edward R. Murrow