Cast & Crew

Directed by

Roy Boulting

Writing Credits

C.S. Forester
(novel)
Valentine Davies
(screenplay)

Cast

Jeffrey Hunter
Signalman Andrew 'Canada' Brown
Michael Rennie
Lt. Richard Saville
Wendy Hiller
Lucinda Bentley
Bernard Lee
Petty Officer 'Stokes' Wheatley
Peter van Eyck
Kapitan von Falk
Victor Maddern
Signalman Willy 'Misery' Earnshaw
John Horsley
Cmdr. John Willis
Patrick Barr
Capt. Tom Ashley, HMS 'Amesbury'
Robin Bailey
Cdr. John Stafford - HMS 'Stratford'
John Adams
German Sailor
Jack Armstrong
Officer at Investiture
William Baskiville
Rating
Paul Beradi
Officer at Investiture
Martin Boddey
German Officer
Nicholas Bruce
Hesse
James Copeland
Cmdr. Laughton
Harold Coyne
German Sailor
Reggie de Beer
Officer
Robert Dean
Communications Officer
Steve Donahue
Rating
James Drake
Navigator
Otto Friese
German Soldier
Lowell Gilmore
Emissary of the King - USA version
Victor Hagan
Station Master
Charles Hammond
Official at Investiture
Aidan Harrington
Orderly
Victor Harrington
Officer at Investiture
Joan Hickson
Hotel Manager
Philip Johns
Orderly
Sam Kydd
Naval Rating
Guido Lorraine
German Officer
Derek Prentice
German Orderly
Charles Rayford
Rating
Arthur Sandifer
Soldier
Terry Sartain
Rating
John Schlesinger
German Guard
John Warren
Orderly
Lockwood West
Lt. Marsh
Ian Wilson
Waiter

Produced by

Frank McCarthy
producer

Music by

Clifton Parker

Cinematography by

Gilbert Taylor
director of photography

Editing by

Alan Osbiston

Art Direction by

Alex Vetchinsky
(as Alec Vetchinsky)

Makeup Department

David Aylott
makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

R.E. Dearing
production supervisor (uncredited)
Jack Swinburne
production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

John Draper
third assistant director (uncredited)
Bluey Hill
first assistant director (uncredited)
Eddie Pike
second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

David Morrison
assistant art director (uncredited)
Alan Withy
draughtsman (uncredited)

Sound Department

Buster Ambler
sound recordist
Red Law
sound recordist
Jimmy Dooley
sound camera operator (uncredited)
Ken Ritchie
boom operator (uncredited)
Jack Slade
dubbing editor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Kenneth Danvers
still photographer (uncredited)
Dudley Lovell
camera operator (uncredited)
Reg Pope
clapper loader (uncredited)
Paul Wilson
first assistant camera (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Geoffrey Botterill
assistant editor (uncredited)
Anthony Harvey
second assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department

Muir Mathieson
musical director

Script and Continuity Department

Doreen Merriman
continuity (uncredited)

Additional Crew

R.S. Abram
naval technical advisor (as Commander R.S. Abram D.S.C. R.N. {Retired})
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