
Sink the Bismarck!
Personal! Powerful! Human! Heroic!
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.
Director Lewis Gilbert
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Cast

Laurence Naismith
First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound

Jack Gwillim
Captain Wilfrid Patterson - 'King George V'

Victor Maddern
Able Seaman Outside Admiralty (uncredited)

Walter Gotell
Signals Officer Mueller on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)

Robert Brown
Gunnery Officer - 'King George V' (uncredited)

Mark Burns
Naval Rating on Phone (uncredited)

Kenneth More
Captain Jonathan Shepard

Geoffrey Keen
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (A.C.N.S.)

Maurice Denham
Commander Richards

John Barron
Officer P.R.O (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin
Airman on Phone (uncredited)

Sam Kydd
Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Edward Judd
Navigating Officer - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Bernard Lee
Firing Officer (uncredited)

Michael Goodliffe
Captain Banister

Jack Watling
RNVR Signals Officer

John Bailey
Naval Officer (uncredited)

Peter Forbes-Robertson
Signalman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Hugh Latimer
Commander - War Room (uncredited)

Sean Lynch
Mail Clerk - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)

Ernest Clark
Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'

Peter Burton
Captain Philip Vian - 4th Destroyer of Flotilla

Sean Barrett
Able Seaman Brown

Johnny Briggs
Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Norman Shelley
Voice of Winston Churchill (uncredited)

Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Somers - Officer 'King George V' (uncredited)

Julian Somers
Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Ronald Hines
Officer on Bridge of 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Karl Stepanek
Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck'

Sydney Tafler
Henry - First Workman, 'Prince of Wales'

David Hemmings
Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)

Michael Ripper
Able Seaman - Lookout on 'Suffolk' (uncredited)

John Stuart
Captain Kerr - 'Hood'

Russell Napier
Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)

Michael Sarne
Hoffman - 'Bismarck' (uncredited)

John G. Heller
Lt. Becker on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)

Michael Hordern
Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'

Glyn Houston
Able Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Edward R. Murrow
Himself - Edward R. Murrow

Ian Hendry
Meteorological Officer on 'King George V' (uncredited)

Carl Möhner
Captain Lindemann - 'Bismarck'

Esmond Knight
Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'

Walter Hudd
Admiral Holland - 'Hood'

Patrick Jordan
SOE Agent in Norway (uncredited)

John Stride
Tom Shepard, Captain Shepard's son, TAG - Ark Royal's Swordfish Squadron (uncredited)

Roy Castle
Able Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Peter Cellier
First Lieutenant - Destroyer (uncredited)

Dana Wynter
WRNS Second Officer Anne Davis

John Horsley
Captain - 'Sheffield'

Cameron Hall
Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Graham Stark
Petty Officer Williams (uncredited)

Olaf Pooley
Officer of the Watch - 'Sheffield' (uncredited)

Edwin Richfield
Bridge Officer (uncredited)

George Pravda
Damage Control Officer - Bismarck (uncredited)

Donald Churchill
Able Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)

Mark Dignam
Captain Maund - 'Ark Royal'

Peter Dyneley
Commander Jenkins (uncredited)

Michael Balfour
Able Seaman - Lookout on 'Suffolk' (uncredited)

Charles Houston
Airman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)

Robert Desmond
Dexter (uncredited)