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The Cruel Sea
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Directed by
Charles Frend 
 
Writing credits
Nicholas Monsarrat (novel)

Eric Ambler  screenplay

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete

Jack Hawkins ... Ericson

Donald Sinden ... Lockhart
John Stratton ... Ferraby

Denholm Elliott ... Morell
John Warner ... Baker

Stanley Baker ... Bennett
Bruce Seton ... Tallow
Liam Redmond ... Watts

Virginia McKenna ... Julie Hallam
Moira Lister ... Elaine Morell
June Thorburn ... Doris Ferraby
Megs Jenkins ... Tallow's sister
Meredith Edwards ... Yeoman Wells
Glyn Houston ... Phillips

Alec McCowen ... Tonbridge
Leo Phillips ... Wainwright
Dafydd Havard ... Signalman Rose
Fred Griffiths ... Gracey
Laurence Hardy ... Sellars
Sam Kydd ... Carslake
John Singer ... Gray
Barry Steele ... Broughton
Gerard Heinz ... Polish captain
Gerik Schjelderup ... Norwegian captain
Gaston Richer ... French captain
Andrew Cruickshank ... Scott Brown
Barry Letts ... Raikes
Kenn Kennedy ... Allingham
Harold Goodwin ... Asdic operator
George Curzon ... Admiral at party
Anthony Snell ... R.N. lieutenant
Ronald Simpson ... R.N. captain
Don Sharp ... Lieutenant-Commander
Herbert C. Walton ... The waiter
Jack Howard ... A survivor
Russell Waters ... A.R.P. warden
Harold Jamieson ... A.R.P. warden
Warwick Ashton ... Petty Officer instructor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Arthur Bentley ... Radar Operator (uncredited)
Walter Fitzgerald ... Warden (uncredited)
Paddy Joyce ... Sonar Operator (uncredited)
Richard Leech ... Sailor (uncredited)
David Gideon Thomson ... A.S.D.I.C. Officer (uncredited)
Alan Webb ... Admiral Murray-Forbes (uncredited)
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Produced by
Leslie Norman .... producer
Michael Balcon .... executive producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
Alan Rawsthorne 
 
Cinematography by
Gordon Dines (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Peter Tanner 
 
Art Direction by
Jim Morahan 
 
Makeup Department
Barbara Barnard .... hair stylist
Sidney Turner .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Hal Mason .... production supervisor
L.C. Rudkin .... unit production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Norman Priggen .... assistant director
Peter Dixon .... second assistant director (uncredited)
Tom Pevsner .... third assistant director (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Bert Davey .... assistant art director (uncredited)
Norman Dorme .... draughtsman (uncredited)
Andrew Low .... set dresser (uncredited)
Tony Rimmington .... junior draughtsman (uncredited)
Jack Shampan .... draughtsman (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Stephen Dalby .... sound supervisor
Leo Wilkins .... sound recordist
Mary Habberfield .... dubbing editor (uncredited)
Norman King .... chief sound engineer (uncredited)
Ray Palmer .... sound assistant (uncredited)
Eric Stockl .... sound assistant (uncredited)
Don Wortham .... sound assistant (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
Sydney Pearson .... special effects
 
Visual Effects by
Geoffrey Dickinson .... special processes
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Paul Beeson .... photographer: second unit
Jo Jago .... photographer: second unit
John R.F. Stewart .... radar photography
Chic Waterson .... camera operator
Bob Penn .... still photographer (uncredited)
Herbert Smith .... focus puller (uncredited)
Ken Westbury .... clapper loader (uncredited)
Hugh Wilson .... focus puller: second unit (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anthony Mendleson .... wardrobe
 
Editorial Department
Roy Baker .... second assistant editor (uncredited)
Barbara Bennett .... assembly cutter (uncredited)
Alastair McIntyre .... assistant editor (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Ernest Irving .... conductor: Philharmonia Orchestra
Gerard Schurmann .... composer: additional music (uncredited)
Gerard Schurmann .... orchestrator (uncredited)
 
Other crew
R.S. Abram .... technical advisor (as Commander R.S. Abram D.S.C. R.N. {Retd})
J.E. Broome .... technical advisor (as Captain J.E. Broome D.S.C. R.N. {Retd})
Jean Graham .... continuity
 
Crew believed to be complete


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