Gift Horse

original title:
Gift Horse
other titles:
Glory at the Sea
country / year of production:
Great Britain / 1952
original length:
100 min. , black/white
premiere:
16 July 1952, UK
genre:
drama
based on:
director:
Compton Bennett
film script:
Ivan Goff
producer:
George Pitcher
cinematographer:
Harry Waxman
editor:
Alan Osbiston
composer:
Clifton Parker
cast (role):
Trevor Howard (Lt. Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser) , Richard Samuel Attenborough, Lord (Dripper Daniels) , James Donald (Lt. Richard Jennings, No. 1) , Sonny Tufts (Yank Flanagan) , Bernard Lee (A.S. 'Stripey' Wood) , Trevor Howard , Richard Samuel Attenborough, Lord , James Donald , Sonny Tufts , Bernard Lee
more:
plot synopsis:
The capitan of a destroyer tries to form a good crew out of a bunch of random soldiers, just to be send on a suicide mission.
keywords:
black and white film , navy , sea-battle , comradeship
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
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