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starring: Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, John Stratton, Denholm Elliott, John Warnerdirected by: Charles Frend
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302763775
Format: Black & White, NTSC
ISBN: 6305012369
Label: Ferde Grofe Films
Manufacturer: Ferde Grofe Films
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Ferde Grofe Films
Release Date: May 01, 1998
Running Time: 126 minutes
Sales Rank: 12862
Studio: Ferde Grofe Films
Theatrical Release Date: August 19, 1953
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Rating:  - A War Movie Classic
The Cruel Sea is truly one of the great classic war movies, ever made. The cast of excellent British actors, really bring this film to life. This is a must see movie. The relationship between Captain Ericson (Jack Hawkins) and his 1st Lieutenant (Donald Sinden) becomes one of almost a father-son relationship. No computer enhancement, her - just a great movie. They don't make them like this, anymore.World
Rating: - Glad I wasn't there!
This is one of the most harrowing films I have ever seen. Based on real situations, and written by a man who lived through them (as Lockhart), the film, and of course more so the book, depict the Battle of the Atlantic from a relatively unspectacular viewpoint.
Having read the book before seeing the film undoubtedly helps, but the level of acting and direction really portrays the situations, and latent fear inherent amongst the battle's participants. My wife has only seen the film, and ... Read More
Rating: - Ping . . . . . . Ping . . . . . . Ping . . . . . . Ping . . . . . . Ping . . . . . .
The unrelenting echo of the sonar punctuates this understated J. Arthur Rank film with a taut atmosphere of suspense. Novelist Eric Ambler's intelligent script remains faithful to Nicholas Monserrat's novel about the last voyage of HMS Compass Rose and all who sailed on her. The splendid performances of Jack Hawkins as her captain and Donald Sinden as his First Mate bring the novel to life, as do the performances of the entire ensemble cast, which includes Denholm Elliott. One of the best aspects of ... Read More
Rating:  - The Cruel Sea
The Cruel Sea, is one of the best sea/war stories that I have ever read. I was interested to see how well the movie followed the book. Naturally, the film had to condense the book, but it did follow the sequences of the story faithfully.
Rating: - A good companion to this book
Written by someone who experienced WWII in convoy escort duty, The Cruel Sea is quite realistic in a double sense: You get the drama of the war as well as the times when war is dull or frustrating, for example when an officer dumps paperwork onto subordinates. Realistic without being cynical is a good combination.
And if you'd like to read another book on this theme but with more of the immediacy of the war, try C. S. Forester's, The Good Shepherd, the classic account of a single convoy ... Read More
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