
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

Ernest Clark
Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'

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

Carl Möhner
Captain Lindemann - 'Bismarck'

Peter Burton
Captain Philip Vian - 4th Destroyer of Flotilla

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

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

Robert Desmond
Dexter (uncredited)

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

Maurice Denham
Commander Richards

Sean Barrett
Able Seaman Brown

Peter Dyneley
Commander Jenkins (uncredited)

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

Patrick Jordan
SOE Agent in Norway (uncredited)

Hugh Latimer
Commander - War Room (uncredited)

Jack Watling
RNVR Signals Officer

Dana Wynter
WRNS Second Officer Anne Davis

Laurence Naismith
First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound

Walter Hudd
Admiral Holland - 'Hood'

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

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

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

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

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

Michael Sarne
Hoffman - 'Bismarck' (uncredited)

Michael Goodliffe
Captain Banister

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

George Pravda
Damage Control Officer - Bismarck (uncredited)

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

Graham Stark
Petty Officer Williams (uncredited)

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

Mark Dignam
Captain Maund - 'Ark Royal'

Kenneth More
Captain Jonathan Shepard

Mark Burns
Naval Rating on Phone (uncredited)

Peter Cellier
First Lieutenant - Destroyer (uncredited)

John Bailey
Naval Officer (uncredited)

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

Jack Gwillim
Captain Wilfrid Patterson - 'King George V'

Karl Stepanek
Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck'

Victor Maddern
Able Seaman Outside Admiralty (uncredited)

David Hemmings
Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)

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

John Barron
Officer P.R.O (uncredited)

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

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

Esmond Knight
Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'

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

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

Harold Goodwin
Airman on Phone (uncredited)

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

Norman Shelley
Voice of Winston Churchill (uncredited)

John Stuart
Captain Kerr - 'Hood'

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

Edward R. Murrow
Himself - Edward R. Murrow

Edwin Richfield
Bridge Officer (uncredited)

Russell Napier
Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)

John Horsley
Captain - 'Sheffield'

Charles Houston
Airman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)

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

Bernard Lee
Firing Officer (uncredited)

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