Cast & Crew

Directed by

Ken Annakin

Writing Credits

Nevil Shute
(novel)
Talbot Jennings
(screenplay)
Gilbert Gunn
(adaptation) &
Anne Burnaby
(adaptation)

Cast

Michael Denison
Rick
Patricia Plunkett
Mona
Edith Sharpe
Rick's Mother
Margaret Barton
Rick's Sister
Charles Victor
Mona's Father
Kathleen Harrison
Mona's Mother
Denis O'Dea
Captain Burnaby
Margaretta Scott
Mrs. Burnaby
Sebastian Shaw
Wing Cdr. Dickens
Maurice Denham
Wing Cdr. Hewitt
A.E. Matthews
Air Raid Warden
David Tomlinson
Binks
Joan Dowling
Miriam, Barmaid
Frederick Leister
Admiral
Nora Swinburne
Admiral's Wife
Stanley Rose
Uncle Bill
Walter Hudd
Professor Legge
Ivan Samson
Cdr. Rutherford
Hubert Gregg
Lt. Cdr. Dale
Andrea Lea
Willow
Paul Carpenter
F / O Morgan
Laurence Harvey
F / O Hooper
Gerald Case
S / Ldr. Peterson
Bryan Coleman
P / O Weaver
Norman Watson
P / O Jones
James Carney
Sgt. / Plt. Hutchison
Moultrie Kelsall
Lieut. James
Dennis Vance
Lieut. Kitchen
Caven Watson
Lieut. Mitcheson
Andrew Leigh
Customer in bar
Teddy Foster and His Band
Group Cast Appearance
Joss Ackland
O'Neil
Chris Adcock
Sailor at Dance
Martin Boddey
Civilian
Howard Douglas
Porky Thomas - Naval Officer in Pub
James Drake
White
Lyn Evans
Rugson
Harry Fowler
RAF Corporal Orderly
Scott Harrold
Second Trawler Officer
Alastair Hunter
Minesweeper Captain
Arthur Lawrence
Minesweeper 2nd Officer
John Maxwell
Yeoman of the Signals
Jack May
Old Man in Country Pub
Brian Nissen
Lambert
Arthur Sandifer
Signalman
Digby Wolfe
Pinsley

Produced by

Gilbert Gunn
associate producer
Victor Skutezky
producer

Music by

Philip Green

Cinematography by

Wilkie Cooper
director of photography

Editing by

Peter Graham Scott

Art Direction by

Donald M. Ashton
(as Don Ashton)

Makeup Department

Bob Clark
makeup artist
A.G. Scott
hair stylist
Eric Aylott
makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

Gerry Mitchell
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Terry Hunter
assistant director
Cliff Owen
second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Victor Croll
chief draughtsman (uncredited)
Bertram Evans
scenic artist (uncredited)
Burt Evans
scenic artist (uncredited)

Sound Department

Harold V. King
recording director
F. McNally
sound recordist (as Frank Mc. Nally)
Cyril Brown
sound camera operator (uncredited)
Dennis Whitlock
assistant boom operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by

George Blackwell
special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

Arthur Graham
camera operator
Stanley Grant
aerial photography
Frank Buckingham
still photographer (uncredited)
Tony White
focus puller (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Alice McLaren
wardrobe (as Alice Mc. Laren)
Bernard Brien
assistant wardrobe (uncredited)
Charles Guerin
assistant wardrobe (uncredited)

Music Department

Louis Levy
music under the direction of
Teddy Foster
composer: dance music (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Joan Wyatt
continuity
Thelma Orr
assistant continuity (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Fritz Gottfurcht
scenario editor
Leslie Frewin
publicist (uncredited)
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