Cast & Crew

Directed by

Charles Frend
Robert Hamer
(completed film) (uncredited)

Writing Credits

Robert Hamer
(screenplay) &
Charles Frend
(screenplay) and
F. Tennyson Jesse
(screenplay)

Cast

Arthur Young
Captain George Waite
Walter Fitzgerald
Chief Engineer Charles Pollard
Ralph Michael
2nd. Officer Hawkins
Neville Mapp
3rd. Engineer Willey
Barry Letts
Apprentice John Jones
Michael Allen
Cadet Roy Housden
Frederick Piper
Boatswain W.E. Fletcher
Herbert Cameron
Pumpman Davies
John Owers
Steward
Gordon Jackson
Messboy John Jamieson
Robert Beatty
'Yank' Preston
Charles Victor
Deckhand
James McKechnie
Deckhand
John Coyle
Deckhand
Duncan McIntyre
Deckhand
Rex Holt
Deckhand
Mervyn Johns
Greaser John Boyle
Lawrence O'Madden
Capt. E.S.F. Fegen V.C. Royal Navy
James Donald
Gunnery Control Officer
James Sadler
Officer of the Watch
Peter Miller Street
Midshipman
David Horne
Mr. Justice Langton
Nigel Clarke
R.J.E. Dodds - Shipping Manager
James Knight
Capt. Smith - S.S. Gloucester City
Diana Decker
Shopgirl
John Boxer
Naval Officer
Cameron Hall
Mr. Nelson
Frederick Kelsey
Barrister
Charles Rolfe
Harbour Pilot
Caven Watson
Tugboat Captain
Norman Williams
Youngster

Produced by

Michael Balcon
producer
Robert Hamer
associate producer

Music by

John Greenwood

Cinematography by

Ernest Palmer
(camera)
Douglas Slocombe
(uncredited)

Editing by

Eily Boland

Art Direction by

Duncan Sutherland

Production Management

Ronald Brantford
unit manager
Hal Mason
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Muriel Cole
second second assistant director (uncredited)
Michael McCarthy
assistant director (uncredited)
Cyril Pope
third assistant director (uncredited)
Norman Priggen
third assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Heather Armitage
draughtsman (uncredited)
Norman Dorme
draughtsman (uncredited)
Charles Woolveridge
assistant art director (uncredited)

Sound Department

Mary Habberfield
sound cutter
A.D. Valentine
recordist
Eric Williams
sound supervisor
Peter Davies
sound camera operator (uncredited)
Bert Minell
boom operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Syd Howell
special effects
Roy Kellino
special effects
Lionel Banes
special photographic effects (uncredited)
Cliff Richardson
special effects supervisor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Jack Parker
camera operator
Jack Dooley
still photographer (uncredited)
H. Julius
focus puller (uncredited)
Harold Saunders
still photographer (uncredited)
Michael Shepherd
clapper loader (uncredited)
Ken Westbury
clapper loader (uncredited)
Hugh Wilson
clapper loader (uncredited) / focus puller (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Sidney Cole
editing supervisor
Leslie Allen
assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department

Ernest Irving
musical director

Script and Continuity Department

Bessie Love
assistant continuity (uncredited)
Madge Nettleton
continuity (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Charles Pollard
technical adviser (as Charles Pollard O.B.E. {Chief Engineer M.V. San Demetrio})
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