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Programme Information

Action-packed, tense British thriller based on an actual incident in the Second World War. The film follows the efforts of three naval officers to destroy a German battleship holding a seemingly impregnable position in a Norwegian fjord.

Keywords:

Thriller, War, Historical, History, Based-on-Novel, World War, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, WWII, WW2, World War 2

Additional Information:

(1956) (UK) (3 Star)

Cast:

John Mills	.... Cmdr. Fraser
John Gregson	.... Lt Alec Duffy
Donald Sinden	.... Lt Tom Corbett
James Robertson-Justice	.... Adm. Ryder
Michael Medwin	.... Smart
James Kenney	.... Abercrombie

Supporting Cast:

O.E. Hasse	.... Captain of the Tirpitz
Lee Patterson	.... Cox
William Russell	.... Ramsey
Theodore Bikel	.... German Officer
Harry Towb	.... McCleery
Cyril Chamberlain	.... CPO Chubb
Anthony Wager	.... George
Leslie Weston	.... Winley
Lyndon Brook	.... Diver Navigator

Directors:

Ralph L. Thomas

Writers:

James D. Benson
Robin Estridge