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 winter seas make life miserable enough, but the men must also harden themselves to rescuing survivors of U-Boat attacks, while seldom able to strike back. Traumatic events afloat and ashore create a warm bond between the skipper and his first officer.
When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.
A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.
An experimental film about a peaceful and carefree life in a small Dalmatian town, which turns into bloodshed and horror on the eve of the Italian occupation of the country.
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The novel THE CRUEL SEA by Nicholas Monserrat was an unflinching portrayal of life at sea during WWII on a boat tasked with protecting convoys and seeking ...
THE CRUEL SEA TRAILER 1953
NEVER FORGET FILM SERIES.
Greatest Ever War Films No. 24: The Cruel Sea (1953)
Eamonn Holmes Simon Heffer and Virginia McKenna talk about the black-and-white British war film The Cruel Sea (1953).
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Commander Ericson is made captain of the Corvette Compass Rose a small escort vessel used to guide and protect convoys travelling through the Atlantic.
The Cruel Sea - Trailer
Commander Ericson is made captain of the Corvette Compass Rose a small escort vessel used to guide and protect convoys travelling through the Atlantic.
Barry Norman introduces The Cruel Sea
21st December 1988 as part of the Movie Classics series.
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Mickey Rooney, plugging his latest Columbia film, stops by Ralph Staub's editing room and film vault, and the two of them watch clips from Rooney's films, dating back as far as the Mickey McGuire comedies.
While Ludovic Dubois, a young summer camp monitor in Saint-Benoît, entertains the children by playing Robin Hood, the lord's niece is kidnapped by her uncle, in the castle next door.
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