A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember

123 mins | Drama, Action, History | July 3, 1958

The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.

A Night to Remember

123 mins | Drama, Action, History | July 3, 1958

A Night to Remember
The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.
IMDb rating 7.9
Producers The Rank Organisation
Original title A Night to Remember
Directors Maurice Gibson, Penny Daniels, Robert Asher, Roy Ward Baker
Writers Walter Lord, Eric Ambler

Cast

Kenneth More

as Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller

Ronald Allen

as Mr. Clarke

Robert Ayres

as Maj. Arthur Peuchen

Honor Blackman

as Mrs. Liz Lucas

Anthony Bushell

as Capt. Arthur Rostron

John Cairney

as Mr. Murphy

Jill Dixon

as Mrs. Clarke

Jane Downs

as Mrs. Sylvia Lightoller

James Dyrenforth

as Col. Archibald Gracie

Michael Goodliffe

as Thomas Andrews

Kenneth Griffith

as Wireless Operator John 'Jack' Phillips

Harriette Johns

as Lady Richard

Frank Lawton

as Chairman J. Bruce Ismay

Richard Leech

as First Officer William Murdoch

David McCallum

as Assistant Wireless Operator Harold Bride

Alec McCowen

as Wireless Operator Harold Thomas Cottam

Tucker McGuire

as Mrs. Margaret 'Molly' Brown

John Merivale

as Robbie Lucas

Ralph Michael

as Mr. Yates

Laurence Naismith

as Capt. Edward John Smith

Russell Napier

as Capt. Stanley Lord

Redmond Phillips

as Mr. Hoyle

George Rose

as Chief Baker Charles Joughin

Joseph Tomelty

as Dr. William O'Loughlin

Patrick Waddington

as Sir Richard

Jack Watling

as Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall

Geoffrey Bayldon

as Wireless Operator Cyril Evans

Michael Bryant

as Sixth Officer James Moody

Cyril Chamberlain

as Quartermaster George Thomas Rowe

Richard Clarke

as Gallagher

Bee Duffell

as Mrs. Farrell

Harold Goldblatt

as Benjamin Guggenheim

Gerald Harper

as 3rd Officer - Carpathia

Richard Hayward

as Victualling Officer

Thomas Heathcote

as Steward

Danuta Karell

as Polish Mother

Andrew Keir

as 2nd Engineer Officer John Henry Hesketh

Christina Lubicz

as Polish Girl

Barry MacGregor

as Apprentice James Gibson

Edward Malin

as Dining Saloon Steward

Patrick McAlinney

as Mr. James Farrell

Helen Misener

as Mrs. Ida Straus

Mary Monahan

as Kate

Howard Pays

as Fifth Officer Harold Lowe

Philip Ray

as Reverend Anderson

Harold Siddons

as Second Officer Herbert Stone

Julian Somers

as Mr. Bull - Man on Train

Tim Turner

as Third Officer Charles Groves

Meier Tzelniker

as Mr. Isador Straus

Alexis Chesnakov

as Passenger (uncredited)

Desmond Llewelyn

as Seaman at Steerage Gate (uncredited)

Marianne Stone

as Stewardess (uncredited)

Stuart Wagstaff

as Titanic Steward (Uncredited)

Robert Henderson

as Mr. Harris (uncredited)

Norman Rossington

as Steward James Kiernan