![]() Show full synopsisĮight years after the end of World War II, Michael Balcon's Ealing Studios brought Nicholas Monsarrat's best-selling novel The Cruel Sea to the screen, launching the careers of Donald Sinden (Lieutenant Lockhart), Denholm Elliott (Lieutenant Morell), and Virginia McKenna (Wren Hallam), and establishing Jack Hawkins (Captain Ericson) as a star.ĭirector Charles Frend brought his own experience of the genre gained from The Big Blockade (1941), the acclaimed San Demetrio London (1943) and the spy drama The Foreman Went to France (1942). The story of the Corvette Compass Rose and her Captain, who moulds an inexperienced crew into an effective and disciplined fighting force, from the dark days before Dunkirk through to final victory. ![]()
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