The Cruel Sea
About The Cruel Sea
At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training.
The Cruel Sea (1953) is a history war film directed by Charles Frend. At 126 minutes long, it arrived in February 1953.
Jack Hawkins takes the lead as Ericson, Donald Sinden as Lockhart, Denholm Elliott as Morell, and John Stratton as Ferraby. Written by Eric Ambler.
Members will find submarine, sea, docudrama, and naval warfare in it. In the United States it streams on BFI Player Amazon Channel.
Das Boot, Greyhound, and Run Silent, Run Deep make useful companions to The Cruel Sea, all filed under atlantic ocean and battle of the atlantic. It scores 6.9 out of 10 from 85 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.