Story :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.
Cast
Kenneth MoreCaptain Jonathan Shepard
Dana WynterWRNS Second Officer Anne Davis
Carl MöhnerCaptain Lindemann - 'Bismarck'
Laurence NaismithFirst Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound
Geoffrey KeenAssistant Chief of the Naval Staff (A.C.N.S.)
Karl StepanekAdmiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck'
Michael HordernAdmiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'
Maurice DenhamCommander Richards
Michael GoodliffeCaptain Banister
Esmond KnightCaptain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
Jack WatlingRNVR Signals Officer
Jack GwillimCaptain Wilfrid Patterson - 'King George V'
Mark DignamCaptain Maund - 'Ark Royal'
Ernest ClarkCaptain Ellis - 'Suffolk'
John HorsleyCaptain - 'Sheffield'
Peter BurtonCaptain Philip Vian - 4th Destroyer of Flotilla
John StuartCaptain Kerr - 'Hood'
Walter HuddAdmiral Holland - 'Hood'
Sydney TaflerHenry - First Workman, 'Prince of Wales'
Sean BarrettAble Seaman Brown
Thomas Waldron PriceFlag Lieutenant to First Sea Lord
Edward R. MurrowHimself - Edward R. Murrow
John StrideTom Shepard, Captain Shepard's son, TAG - Ark Royal's Swordfish Squadron (uncredited)
Peter DyneleyCommander Jenkins (uncredited)
Victor MaddernAble Seaman Outside Admiralty (uncredited)
David HemmingsSeaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
Johnny BriggsSeaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Norman ShelleyVoice of Winston Churchill (uncredited)
John BarronOfficer P.R.O (uncredited)
Harold GoodwinAirman on Phone (uncredited)
Walter GotellSignals Officer Mueller on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Sam KyddCivilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Glyn HoustonAble Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Cameron HallCivilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Peter Forbes-RobertsonSignalman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Michael RipperAble Seaman - Lookout on 'Suffolk' (uncredited)
Michael BalfourAble Seaman - Lookout on 'Suffolk' (uncredited)
Graham StarkPetty Officer Williams (uncredited)
Olaf PooleyOfficer of the Watch - 'Sheffield' (uncredited)
Edwin RichfieldBridge Officer (uncredited)
George PravdaDamage Control Officer - Bismarck (uncredited)
Russell NapierAir Vice Marshal (uncredited)
Edward JuddNavigating Officer - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Bernard LeeFiring Officer (uncredited)
Robert BrownGunnery Officer - 'King George V' (uncredited)
Max ButterfieldDark Room Technician (uncredited)
Mark BurnsNaval Rating on Phone (uncredited)
Roy CastleAble Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Victor BeaumontOfficer - 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Richard BealePetty Officer on Phone (uncredited)
Donald ChurchillAble Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
Peter CellierFirst Lieutenant - Destroyer (uncredited)
Charles HoustonAirman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
Patrick JordanSOE Agent in Norway (uncredited)
Ronald Leigh-HuntSomers - Officer 'King George V' (uncredited)
Hugh LatimerCommander - War Room (uncredited)
Sean LynchMail Clerk - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
Julian SomersCivilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Michael SarneHoffman - 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Robert DesmondDexter (uncredited)
John BaileyNaval Officer (uncredited)
Michael CollinsLookout - Second Destroyer (uncredited)
John G. HellerLt. Becker on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Ian HendryMeteorological Officer on 'King George V' (uncredited)
Ronald HinesOfficer on Bridge of 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)