Sink the Bismarck!

Sink the Bismarck!

97 mins | Drama, Action, War, History | Feb. 11, 1960

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.

Sink the Bismarck!

97 mins | Drama, Action, War, History | Feb. 11, 1960

Sink the Bismarck!
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Sink the Bismarck!
Directors Jack Causey, Lewis Gilbert
Writers Edmund H. North, C. S. Forester

Cast

Kenneth More

as Captain Jonathan Shepard

Dana Wynter

as WRNS Second Officer Anne Davis

Carl Möhner

as Captain Lindemann - 'Bismarck'

Laurence Naismith

as First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound

Geoffrey Keen

as Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (A.C.N.S.)

Karl Stepanek

as Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck'

Michael Hordern

as Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'

Maurice Denham

as Commander Richards

Michael Goodliffe

as Captain Banister

Esmond Knight

as Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'

Jack Watling

as RNVR Signals Officer

Jack Gwillim

as Captain Wilfrid Patterson - 'King George V'

Mark Dignam

as Captain Maund - 'Ark Royal'

Ernest Clark

as Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'

John Horsley

as Captain - 'Sheffield'

Peter Burton

as Captain Philip Vian - 4th Destroyer of Flotilla

John Stuart

as Captain Kerr - 'Hood'

Walter Hudd

as Admiral Holland - 'Hood'

Sydney Tafler

as Henry - First Workman, 'Prince of Wales'

Sean Barrett

as Able Seaman Brown

Thomas Waldron Price

as Flag Lieutenant to First Sea Lord

Edward R. Murrow

as Himself - Edward R. Murrow

John Stride

as Tom Shepard, Captain Shepard's son, TAG - Ark Royal's Swordfish Squadron (uncredited)

Peter Dyneley

as Commander Jenkins (uncredited)

Victor Maddern

as Able Seaman Outside Admiralty (uncredited)

David Hemmings

as Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)

Johnny Briggs

as Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Norman Shelley

as Voice of Winston Churchill (uncredited)

John Barron

as Officer P.R.O (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin

as Airman on Phone (uncredited)

Ian Hendry

as Meteorological Officer on 'King George V (uncredited)

Walter Gotell

as Signals Officer Mueller on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)

Sam Kydd

as Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Glyn Houston

as Able Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Cameron Hall

as Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Peter Forbes-Robertson

as Signalman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Michael Ripper

as Able Seaman - Lookout on 'Suffolk' (uncredited)

Michael Balfour

as Able Seaman - Lookout on 'Suffolk' (uncredited)

Graham Stark

as Petty Officer Williams (uncredited)

Olaf Pooley

as Officer of the Watch - 'Sheffield' (uncredited)

Edwin Richfield

as Bridge Officer (uncredited)

George Pravda

as Damage Control Officer - Bismarck (uncredited)

Russell Napier

as Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)

Edward Judd

as Navigating Officer - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Bernard Lee

as Firing Officer (uncredited)

Robert Brown

as Gunnery Officer - 'King George V' (uncredited)

Max Butterfield

as Dark Room Technician (uncredited)

Mark Burns

as Naval Rating on Phone (uncredited)

Roy Castle

as Able Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Victor Beaumont

as Officer - 'Bismarck' (uncredited)

Richard Beale

as Petty Officer on Phone (uncredited)

Donald Churchill

as Able Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)

Peter Cellier

as First Lieutenant - Destroyer (uncredited)

John G. Heller

as Lt. Becker - 'Bismarck' (uncredited)

Ronald Hines

as Officer on Bridge - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Charles Houston

as Airman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)

Patrick Jordan

as SOE Agent in Norway (uncredited)

Ronald Leigh-Hunt

as Somers - Officer 'King George V' (uncredited)

Hugh Latimer

as Commander - War Room (uncredited)

Sean Lynch

as Mail Clerk - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)

Julian Somers

as Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Michael Sarne

as Hoffman - 'Bismarck' (uncredited)

Robert Desmond

as Dexter (uncredited)