Sink the Bismarck!
Lewis Gilbert1960-02-11
Personal! Powerful! Human! Heroic!
6.8
97 min
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.
Cast
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Kenneth More | Captain Jonathan Shepard | Unowned |
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Dana Wynter | WRNS Second Officer Anne Davis | Unowned |
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Carl Möhner | Captain Lindemann - 'Bismarck' | Unowned |
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Laurence Naismith | First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound | Unowned |
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Geoffrey Keen | Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (A.C.N.S.) | Unowned |
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Karl Stepanek | Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck' | Unowned |
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Michael Hordern | Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George' | Unowned |
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Maurice Denham | Commander Richards | Unowned |
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Michael Goodliffe | Captain Banister | Unowned |
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Esmond Knight | Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales' | Unowned |
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Jack Watling | RNVR Signals Officer | Unowned |
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Jack Gwillim | Captain Wilfrid Patterson - 'King George V' | Unowned |
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Mark Dignam | Captain Maund - 'Ark Royal' | Unowned |
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Ernest Clark | Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk' | Unowned |
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John Horsley | Captain - 'Sheffield' | Unowned |
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Peter Burton | Captain Philip Vian - 4th Destroyer of Flotilla | Unowned |
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John Stuart | Captain Kerr - 'Hood' | Unowned |
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Walter Hudd | Admiral Holland - 'Hood' | Unowned |
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Sydney Tafler | Henry - First Workman, 'Prince of Wales' | Unowned |
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Sean Barrett | Able Seaman Brown | Unowned |
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Thomas Waldron Price | Flag Lieutenant to First Sea Lord | Unowned |
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Edward R. Murrow | Himself - Edward R. Murrow | Unowned |
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John Stride | Tom Shepard, Captain Shepard's son, TAG - Ark Royal's Swordfish Squadron (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Peter Dyneley | Commander Jenkins (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Victor Maddern | Able Seaman Outside Admiralty (uncredited) | Unowned |
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David Hemmings | Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Johnny Briggs | Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Norman Shelley | Voice of Winston Churchill (uncredited) | Unowned |
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John Barron | Officer P.R.O (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Harold Goodwin | Airman on Phone (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Walter Gotell | Signals Officer Mueller on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Sam Kydd | Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Glyn Houston | Able Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Cameron Hall | Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Peter Forbes-Robertson | Signalman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Michael Ripper | Able Seaman - Lookout on 'Suffolk' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Michael Balfour | Able Seaman - Lookout on 'Suffolk' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Graham Stark | Petty Officer Williams (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Olaf Pooley | Officer of the Watch - 'Sheffield' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Edwin Richfield | Bridge Officer (uncredited) | Unowned |
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George Pravda | Damage Control Officer - Bismarck (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Russell Napier | Air Vice Marshal (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Edward Judd | Navigating Officer - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Bernard Lee | Firing Officer (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Robert Brown | Gunnery Officer - 'King George V' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Max Butterfield | Dark Room Technician (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Mark Burns | Naval Rating on Phone (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Roy Castle | Able Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Victor Beaumont | Officer - 'Bismarck' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Richard Beale | Petty Officer on Phone (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Donald Churchill | Able Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Peter Cellier | First Lieutenant - Destroyer (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Charles Houston | Airman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Patrick Jordan | SOE Agent in Norway (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Ronald Leigh-Hunt | Somers - Officer 'King George V' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Hugh Latimer | Commander - War Room (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Sean Lynch | Mail Clerk - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Julian Somers | Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Michael Sarne | Hoffman - 'Bismarck' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Robert Desmond | Dexter (uncredited) | Unowned |
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John Bailey | Naval Officer (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Michael Collins | Lookout - Second Destroyer (uncredited) | Unowned |
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John G. Heller | Lt. Becker on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Ian Hendry | Meteorological Officer on 'King George V' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Ronald Hines | Officer on Bridge of 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited) | Unowned |