Operation Disaster

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Roy Ward Baker
(as Roy Baker)

Writing Credits

William Fairchild
(screenplay) (as W.E.C. Fairchild)
Kenneth Woollard
(based on the stage play of the same name by)

Cast

John Mills
Lieut. Commander Armstrong
Nigel Patrick
Lieut. Manson
Peter Hammond
Sub Lieut. Oakley
Andrew Crawford
Sub Lieut. (E) J. McFee
Michael Brennan
C.P.O. Barlow
George Cole
E.R.A. Marks
Victor Maddern
Leading Telegraphist Hillbrook
Roddy McMillan
Leading Seaman Andrews
Frank Coburn
Leading Seaman Brough
Jack Stewart
Leading Seaman Kelly
James Hayter
Able Seaman Higgins
Wylie Watson
Able Seaman Nobby Clarke
Richard Attenborough
Stoker Snipe
George Thorpe
Capt. Fenton
Bernard Lee
Commander Gates
Kenneth More
Lieut. Commander James
Alastair Hunter
Capt. Jenner
Helen Cherry
Helen Armstong
Lana Morris
Rose Snipe
Zena Marshall
The Wren
Arthur Sandifer
(uncredited)
Emile Stemmler
Waiter

Produced by

Jay Lewis
producer

Cinematography by

Desmond Dickinson
director of photography

Editing by

Alan Osbiston

Casting By

Tina L. Scott

Art Direction by

Alex Vetchinsky

Makeup Department

Tony Sforzini
makeup supervisor

Production Management

Roy Goddard
production manager
Herbert Smith
executive in charge of production (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Robert Asher
assistant director
Basil Keys
assistant director
Frank Ernst
third assistant director (uncredited)
Alec Gibb
second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

John Brown
production buyer (uncredited)
H. Don Lee
chief draughtsman (uncredited)
Harry Phipps
construction manager (uncredited)
Arthur Taksen
set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department

George Croll
sound recordist
John W. Mitchell
sound recordist
Jack Slade
sound editor
Michael Colomb
assistant boom operator (uncredited)
Peter Davies
assistant dubbing mixer (uncredited)
Basil Fenton-Smith
boom operator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

H.E. Fowle
additional photography
Harold Haysom
camera operator
Lt. Hodges
underwater photography (as Lt. Hodges R.N.V.R.)
Maurice Gillett
electrician (uncredited)
Reginald H. Morris
focus puller (uncredited)
Alex Thomson
clapper loader (uncredited)
Bill Walpole
chief electrician (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Jack Slade
assembly cutter (uncredited)

Music Department

William Alwyn
composer: stock music (uncredited)
Gordon Jacob
composer: stock music (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Olga Brook
continuity

Additional Crew

J. Fenton
technical advisor (as Lt. Cdr. J. Fenton D.S.C.)
Leslie Parkyn
administrator
Ray Cunnington
assistant publicity director (uncredited)
Ken Green
publicity manager (uncredited)
Kathleen Hosgood
production secretary (uncredited)
Donald Toms
production runner (uncredited)
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