Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
Personal! Powerful! Human! Heroic!
97 min
The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bismarck and her sister ship, Tirpitz, were the most powerful battleships in the European theater of World War II. The British Navy must find and destroy Bismarck before it can escape into the convoy lanes to inflict severe damage on the cargo shipping which was the lifeblood of the British Isles. With eight 15 inch guns, it was capable of destroying every ship in a convoy while remaining beyond the range of all Royal Navy warships.
- Release date
- February 11, 1960
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
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Cast
- Kenneth More as Captain Jonathan Shepard
- Dana Wynter as Second Officer Anne Davis
- Carl Möhner as Kapitän Ernst Lindemann
- Laurence Naismith as First Sea Lord - Sir Dudley Pound - Admiral of the Fleet
- Geoffrey Keen as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff
- Karel Štěpánek as Admiral Günther Lutjens
- Michael Hordern as Admiral Jack Tovey - Commander in Chief - HMS King George V
- Maurice Denham as Commander Richards
- Michael Goodliffe as Captain Banister
- Esmond Knight as Captain John Leach - HMS Prince of Wales
- Jack Watling as RNVR Signals Officer
- Jack Gwillim as Captain Wilfrid Patterson - 'King George V'
- Mark Dignam as Captain Maund - 'Ark Royal'
- Ernest Clark as Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'
- John Horsley as Captain - 'Sheffield'
- Peter Burton as Captain Philip Vian - 4th Destroyer of Flotilla
- John Stuart as Captain Kerr - 'Hood'
- Walter Hudd as Admiral Holland - 'Hood'
- Sydney Tafler as Henry - First Workman, 'Prince of Wales'
- Sean Barrett as Able Seaman Brown
- Edward R. Murrow as Himself - Edward R. Murrow
- John Stride as Tom Shepard, Captain Shepard's son, TAG - Ark Royal's Swordfish Squadron (uncredited)
- Peter Dyneley as Commander Jenkins (uncredited)
- Victor Maddern as Able Seaman Outside Admiralty (uncredited)
- David Hemmings as Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
- Johnny Briggs as Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
- Norman Shelley as Voice of Winston Churchill (uncredited)
- John Barron as Officer P.R.O (uncredited)
- Harold Goodwin as Airman on Phone (uncredited)
Crew
- Lewis Gilbert · Director
- Edmund H. North · Writer
- C.S. Forester · Writer
- John Brabourne · Producer
- Clifton Parker · Composer
- Christopher Challis · Cinematographer
- Peter R. Hunt · Editor
- Nora Roberts · Casting director