Sink the Bismarck!

Sink the Bismarck! (1960)

Personal! Powerful! Human! Heroic!

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.

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  • Release Date: 1960-02-11
  • Runtime: 1h 37min
  • Director: Lewis Gilbert

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    Cast

    • Kenneth More

      Captain Jonathan Shepard

    • Dana Wynter

      WRNS Second Officer Anne Davis

    • Carl Möhner

      Captain Lindemann - 'Bismarck'

    • Laurence Naismith

      First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound

    • Geoffrey Keen

      Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (A.C.N.S.)

    • Karl Stepanek

      Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck'

    • Michael Hordern

      Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'

    • Maurice Denham

      Commander Richards

    • Michael Goodliffe

      Captain Banister

    • Esmond Knight

      Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'

    • Jack Watling

      RNVR Signals Officer

    • Jack Gwillim

      Captain Wilfrid Patterson - 'King George V'

    • Mark Dignam

      Captain Maund - 'Ark Royal'

    • Ernest Clark

      Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'

    • John Horsley

      Captain - 'Sheffield'

    • Peter Burton

      Captain Philip Vian - 4th Destroyer of Flotilla

    • John Stuart

      Captain Kerr - 'Hood'

    • Walter Hudd

      Admiral Holland - 'Hood'

    • Sydney Tafler

      Henry - First Workman, 'Prince of Wales'

    • Sean Barrett

      Able Seaman Brown

    • Thomas Waldron Price

      Flag Lieutenant to First Sea Lord

    • Edward R. Murrow

      Himself - Edward R. Murrow

    • John Stride

      Tom Shepard, Captain Shepard's son, TAG - Ark Royal's Swordfish Squadron (uncredited)

    • Peter Dyneley

      Commander Jenkins (uncredited)

    • Victor Maddern

      Able Seaman Outside Admiralty (uncredited)

    • David Hemmings

      Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)

    • Johnny Briggs

      Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

    • Norman Shelley

      Voice of Winston Churchill (uncredited)

    • John Barron

      Officer P.R.O (uncredited)

    • Harold Goodwin

      Airman on Phone (uncredited)

    • Walter Gotell

      Signals Officer Mueller on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)

    • Sam Kydd

      Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

    • Glyn Houston

      Able Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

    • Cameron Hall

      Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

    • Peter Forbes-Robertson

      Signalman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

    • Michael Ripper

      Able Seaman - Lookout on 'Suffolk' (uncredited)

    • Michael Balfour

      Able Seaman - Lookout on 'Suffolk' (uncredited)

    • Graham Stark

      Petty Officer Williams (uncredited)

    • Olaf Pooley

      Officer of the Watch - 'Sheffield' (uncredited)

    • Edwin Richfield

      Bridge Officer (uncredited)

    • George Pravda

      Damage Control Officer - Bismarck (uncredited)

    • Russell Napier

      Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)

    • Edward Judd

      Navigating Officer - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

    • Bernard Lee

      Firing Officer (uncredited)

    • Robert Brown

      Gunnery Officer - 'King George V' (uncredited)

    • Max Butterfield

      Dark Room Technician (uncredited)

    • Mark Burns

      Naval Rating on Phone (uncredited)

    • Roy Castle

      Able Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

    • Victor Beaumont

      Officer - 'Bismarck' (uncredited)

    • Richard Beale

      Petty Officer on Phone (uncredited)

    • Donald Churchill

      Able Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)

    • Peter Cellier

      First Lieutenant - Destroyer (uncredited)

    • Charles Houston

      Airman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)

    • Patrick Jordan

      SOE Agent in Norway (uncredited)

    • Ronald Leigh-Hunt

      Somers - Officer 'King George V' (uncredited)

    • Hugh Latimer

      Commander - War Room (uncredited)

    • Sean Lynch

      Mail Clerk - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)

    • Julian Somers

      Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

    • Michael Sarne

      Hoffman - 'Bismarck' (uncredited)

    • Robert Desmond

      Dexter (uncredited)

    • John Bailey

      Naval Officer (uncredited)

    • Michael Collins

      Lookout - Second Destroyer (uncredited)

    • John G. Heller

      Lt. Becker on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)

    • Ian Hendry

      Meteorological Officer on 'King George V' (uncredited)

    • Ronald Hines

      Officer on Bridge of 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

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