Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
- Starring:
- Kenneth More, Dana Wynter, (more)
- Director(s):
- Lewis Gilbert
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Sink the Bismarck!
The Bismarck was the fabled German battleship of World War II. This film traces the "life" of the Bismarck from its launching (courtesy of newsreel footage) through its many battles and narrow escapes, concluding with its far-from-inevitable sinking in the Spring of 1941. Since one couldn't expect a ship to carry a 97-minute movie, the story concentrates on the human element, specifically a British intelligence captain (Kenneth More), who has lost his family in the London blitz and thus has a personal reason for seeing the Bismarck blasted from the sea. The captain's tireless efforts are abetted by the love and support of a female naval officer Dana Wynter. The climactic sinking is deftly assembled from stock footage and newly shot scenes of expertly delineated scale models. As a bonus, Sink the Bismarck yielded a hit song, which many children of the 1960s can still recite from memory. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 97 mins
Complete Cast of Sink the Bismarck!
- Kenneth More - Capt. Jonathan Shepard
- Carl Möhner - Capt. Lindemann
- Geoffrey Keen - A.C.N.S.
- Maurice Denham - Cmdr. Richards
- Sean Barrett - Able Seaman Brown
- Jack Watling - Signals Officer
- John Stuart - Captain, Hood
- Mark Dignam - Captain on Ark Royal
- John Horsley - Captain, Sheffield
- Walter Hudd - Admiral, Hood
- Peter Burton - Captain, 1st Destroyer
- Dana Wynter - Anne Davis
- Laurence Naismith - First Sea Lord
- Karel Stepanek - Adm. Lutjens
- Michael Hordern - Commander on King George
- Ernest Clark - Captain on Suffolk
- Sydney Tafler - Workman
- Edward R. Murrow - Himself
- Jack Gwillim - Captain on King George
- Esmond Knight - Captain on Prince of Wales
- Michael Goodliffe - Capt. Banister
- Director(s):
- Lewis Gilbert
- Writer(s):
- Edmund H. North
- Producer(s):
- Lord John Brabourne
- Categories:
- War
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