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The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship's first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains his men not only to be loyal to him and the country, but—most importantly—to themselves.
Keywords
captain
bravery
world war ii
bomber
based on true story
crew
crete
royal navy
harbor
sailor
battleship
lifeboat
destroyer
sea battle
naval warfare
dunkirk
naval battle
britannia
Casts
Noël Coward
Captain E. V. Kinross R.N. / Captain 'D'
John Mills
Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake
Bernard Miles
Chief Petty Officer Hardy / Walter Hardy
Celia Johnson
Mrs. Kinross / Alix
Kay Walsh
Freda Lewis / Freda
Joyce Carey
Mrs. Hardy / Kath
Derek Elphinstone
No. 1
Michael Wilding
Flags
Robert Sansom
Guns
Philip Friend
Torps
Chimmo Branson
Midshipman
Ballard Berkeley
Engineer Commander
Hubert Gregg
Pilot
James Donald
Doc
Michael Whittaker
Sub
Kenneth Carten
Sub-Lieutenant R.N.V.R.
John Varley
Secco
Caven Watson
Brodie
Geoffrey Hibbert
Joey Mackeridge
Richard Attenborough
Young Stoker
Frederick Piper
Edgecombe
Lionel Grose
Reynolds
Leslie Dwyer
Parkinson
Charles Russell
Fisher
John Singer
Moran
Robert Moreton
Coombe
John Boxer
Hollett
Kenneth Evans
Posty
Johnnie Schofield
Coxswain
Franklyn Bennett
Commander Spencer
Charles Compton
№ 1. "Tremoyne"
Walter Fitzgerald
Colonel Lumsden
Gerald Case
Jasper
Daniel Massey
Bobby Kinross
Ann Stephens
Lavinia Kinross
Kathleen Harrison
Mrs. Blake
Dora Gregory
Mrs. Lemmon
Penelope Dudley-Ward
Maureen
Barbara Waring
Mrs. Macadoo
Eileen Peel
Mrs. Farrell
Lesley Osmond
Nell Fosdick
Josie Welford
Emily
Kay Young
Barmaid
Trixie Scales
Mona Duke
George Carney
Mr. Blake
Wally Patch
Uncle Fred
Michael Anderson
Albert Fosdick
Jill Stephens
May Blake
Everley Gregg
Nurse
Roddy Hughes
Photographer
Norman Pierce
Mr. Satterthwaite
Juliet Mills
Freda's Baby
Leslie Howard
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Crews
Noël Coward
Director
David Lean
Director
Noël Coward
Writer
Herbert Smith
Producer
Noël Coward
Producer
Noël Coward
Music
Thelma Connell
Editor
Ronald Neame
Director of Photography
David Rawnsley
Art Direction
Tony Sforzini
Makeup Artist
Douglas Woolsey
Special Effects
Guy Green
Camera Operator
Norman Spencer
Third Assistant Director
Tom Payne
Second Assistant Director
Kenneth Horne
First Assistant Director
Norah Walsh
Assistant Editor
Jim Body
Clapper Loader
B. Francke
Camera Operator
Alfred Roberts
Scenic Artist
Max Rosher
Still Photographer
C. C. Stevens
Sound Recordist
Anthony Havelock-Allan
Associate Producer
G. E. Calthrop
Other
T. W. J. Lawlor
Technical Advisor
I. T. Clark
Technical Advisor
C. R. E. Compton
Technical Advisor
Michael Anderson
Unit Manager
Sydney Streeter
Production Manager
William C. Andrews
Assistant Art Director
C.P. Norman
Set Dresser
Derick Williams
Additional Camera
Muir Mathieson
Conductor
Backdrops & Posters
