Gift Horse
Adventure War Drama
Compton Bennett's war drama The Gift Horse follows the fortunes of ageing destroyer The Ballantrae and her crew from the time they come together in 1940 until the climactic raid on occupied St Nazaire in 1942. Trevor Howard plays Lt Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser, the newly appointed captain, back in service after having left the navy following a court martial.
Trailer
Cast
Hugh Williams
Captain David G. Wilson
Meredith Edwards
Jones
James Donald
Lt. Richard Jennings, No. 1
Sonny Tufts
Yank Flanagan
Robin Bailey
Lt. Michael Grant, Pilot
Patric Doonan
Petty Officer Martin
Tim Turner
Crewman (uncredited)
William Russell
Crewman
Richard Attenborough
Dripper Daniels
Trevor Howard
Lt. Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser
Dora Bryan
Glad Flanagan
John Forrest
Appleby the Captain's Steward
Sidney James
Ned Hardy, Landlord Golden Bull
Charles Lloyd Pack
Captain R. G. Bates (Board of Inquiry)
Bernard Lee
A.S. 'Stripey' Wood
Joan Rice
June Mallory, WRNS cypher officer