Gift Horse
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.
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Cast
Dora Bryan
Glad Flanagan
Hugh Williams
Captain David G. Wilson
Robin Bailey
Lt. Michael Grant, Pilot
John Forrest
Appleby the Captain's Steward
Charles Lloyd Pack
Captain R. G. Bates (Board of Inquiry)
Tim Turner
Crewman (uncredited)
James Donald
Lt. Richard Jennings, No. 1
Trevor Howard
Lt. Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser
Bernard Lee
A.S. 'Stripey' Wood
Patric Doonan
Petty Officer Martin
Sidney James
Ned Hardy, Landlord Golden Bull
Richard Attenborough
Dripper Daniels
Meredith Edwards
Jones
William Russell
Crewman
Joan Rice
June Mallory, WRNS cypher officer
Sonny Tufts
Yank Flanagan