Cast & Crew

Directed by

Charles Frend

Writing Credits

Walter Meade
(screenplay) &
Ivor Montagu
(screenplay)
Mary Hayley Bell
(additional dialogue)

Cast

John Mills
Captain R.F. Scott R.N.
Diana Churchill
Kathleen Scott
Harold Warrender
Dr. E.A. Wilson
Anne Firth
Oriana Wilson
Derek Bond
Captain L.E.G. Oates
Reginald Beckwith
Lt. H.R. Bowers R.I.M.
James Robertson Justice
P.O. (Taff) Evans, R.N.
Kenneth More
Lt. E.G.R.(Teddy) Evans R.N.
Norman Williams
Chief Stoker W. Lashly R.N.
John Gregson
P.O. T. Crean R.N.
James McKechnie
Surgeon Lt. E.L.Atkinson R.N.
Barry Letts
Apsley Cherry-Gerrard
Dennis Vance
Charles S. Wright
Larry Burns
P.O. P. Keohane R.N.
Edward Lisak
Dimitri
Melville Crawford
Cecil Meares
Christopher Lee
Bernard Day
John Owers
F.J. Hooper
Bruce Seton
Lt. H. Pennell R.N.
Clive Morton
Herbert Ponting F.R.P.S.
Sam Kydd
Leading Stoker E. McKenzie R.N.
Mary Merrett
Helen Field
Percy Walsh
Chairman of Meeting
Noel Howlett
First Questioner
Philip Stainton
Second Questioner
Desmond Roberts
Admiralty Official
Dandy Nichols
Caroline
David Liney
Telegraph Boy
Arthur Dibbs
Gentleman at Meeting
Jack Hetherington
Man in Crowd

Produced by

Michael Balcon
producer
Sidney Cole
associate producer

Music by

Ralph Vaughan Williams
(as Vaughan Williams)

Cinematography by

Osmond Borradaile
director of photography
Jack Cardiff
director of photography
Geoffrey Unsworth
director of photography

Editing by

Peter Tanner

Art Direction by

Arne Åkermark

Makeup Department

Barbara Barnard
hair stylist
Harry Frampton
makeup artist
Ernest Taylor
makeup artist
Harry Wilton
assistant makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

Raymond Anzarut
unit production manager
C.R. Foster-Kemp
unit production manager (as Cecil Foster Kemp)
Hal Mason
production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Rowland Douglas
assistant director
Richmond Harding
third assistant director (uncredited)
Simon Kershaw
third assistant director (uncredited)
Cyril Pope
third assistant director (uncredited)
Gordon Scott
second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Norman Dorme
draughtsman (uncredited)
Roger Hopkin
draughtsman (uncredited)
Jack Shampan
draughtsman (uncredited)
R. Thurgarland
draughtsman (uncredited)
Len Wills
assistant art director (uncredited)

Sound Department

Arthur Bradburn
recordist
Stephen Dalby
sound supervisor
George Diamond
sound (uncredited)
Tom Otter
boom operator (uncredited)
Gordon Stone
dubbing editor (uncredited)
Alan Thorne
sound camera operator (uncredited)
Pat Wheeler
assistant boom operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Richard Dendy
special effects
Geoffrey Dickinson
special effects
Jim Morahan
special effects art director
Norman Ough
special effects
Sydney Pearson
special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

Paul Beeson
camera operator
Bob Moss
camera operator
Chic Waterson
camera operator (as Chick Waterson)
Ian Craig
focus puller (uncredited)
Alex Douet
clapper loader (uncredited)
George Levy
focus puller (uncredited)
Peter Newbrook
camera operator: second unit (uncredited)
Bob Penn
still photographer (uncredited)
Herbert Salisbury
clapper loader (uncredited)
Herbert Smith
focus puller (uncredited)
Richard Woodard
still photographer (uncredited)

Casting Department

Muriel Cole
crowd casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Anthony Mendleson
wardrobe designer
Fred Birch
wardrobe (uncredited)
Ernie Farrer
wardrobe (uncredited)
Lily Payne
wardrobe mistress (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Joan Bridge
associate color director
Natalie Kalmus
color director: Technicolor
Seth Holt
assembly cutter (uncredited)

Music Department

Ernest Irving
conductor

Script and Continuity Department

Jean Graham
continuity
Paddy Arnold
continuity (uncredited)
Felicia Manheim
assistant continuity (uncredited)

Additional Crew

David James
technical advisor
J. Arthur Rank
presenter (as J.Arthur Rank)
Quintin Riley
technical advisor
John Newnham
publicist (uncredited)
Pat O'Connor
publicist (uncredited)
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