The Cruel Sea

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Charles Frend

Writing Credits

Nicholas Monsarrat
(by)
Eric Ambler
(screenplay)

Cast

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
William Baskiville
Briefing Room Officer
Arthur Bentley
Radar Operator
Jim Brady
Sailor in Water
Jack Dearlove
Seaman
Walter Fitzgerald
Warden
Joan Ingram
Party Guest
Paddy Joyce
Sonar Operator
Richard Leech
Sailor
Aileen Lewis
Lady at Party
Fred Machon
Briefing Room Officer
Jack Mandeville
Party Guest
Paddy Smith
Officer
David Gideon Thomson
A.S.D.I.C. Officer
Alan Webb
Admiral Murray-Forbes

Produced by

Michael Balcon
executive producer
Leslie Norman
producer

Music by

Alan Rawsthorne

Cinematography by

Gordon Dines
director of photography

Editing by

Peter Tanner

Casting By

Margaret Harper Nelson
(casting) (uncredited)

Art Direction by

Jim Morahan

Makeup Department

Barbara Barnard
hairstylist
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
recordist
Jim Clark
assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Mary Habberfield
dubbing editor (uncredited)
Norman King
chief sound engineer (uncredited)
Paul Lecker
assistant boom operator (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
second unit photography
Jo Jago
second unit photography
John R.F. Stewart
radar photography (as John R.F. Stewart A.R.P.S.)
Chic Waterson
camera operator
Brian Elvin
clapper loader: model unit (uncredited)
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: the Philharmonia Orchestra
The Philharmonia Orchestra
music played by
Gerard Schurmann
composer: additional music (uncredited) / orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Jean Graham
continuity

Additional Crew

R.S. Abram
technical adviser (as Commander R.S. Abram D.S.C. R.N. {Retd})
J.E. Broome
technical adviser (as Captain J.E. Broome D.S.C. R.N. {Retd})
Paddy Girdlestone
production secretary (uncredited)
Yvonne Homan
publicity secretary (uncredited)
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