Gift Horse

6.6 1952 95 min

Adventure War Drama

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 Ho…

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Director: Compton Bennett
Writers: Ben Roberts, William Fairchild, Ivan Goff, Hugh Hastings

Cast

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Richard Attenborough Dripper Daniels

James Donald Lt. Richard Jennings, No. 1

Sonny Tufts Yank Flanagan

Trevor Howard Lt. Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser

Bernard Lee A.S. 'Stripey' Wood

Dora Bryan Glad Flanagan

Hugh Williams Captain David G. Wilson

Robin Bailey Lt. Michael Grant, Pilot

Meredith Edwards Jones

John Forrest Appleby the Captain's Steward

Patric Doonan Petty Officer Martin

Sidney James Ned Hardy, Landlord Golden Bull

Harold Siddons Adm. Bartlett

William Russell Crewman

Joan Rice June Mallory, WRNS cypher officer

Peter Bathurst Commander C.E. Spencer

Charles Lloyd Pack Captain R. G. Bates (Board of Inquiry)

Chris Adcock Crewman (uncredited)

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