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Gift Horse

Gift Horse1952

★6.695 minAdventureWarDrama

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 Howard plays Lt Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser, the newly appointed captain, back in service after having left the navy following a court martial.

Director

Compton Bennett

Writer

Ben Roberts William Fairchild Ivan Goff Hugh Hastings

Score

Stars

Richard Attenborough James Donald Sonny Tufts

Cast20

Richard Attenborough
as Dripper Daniels
James Donald
as Lt. Richard Jennings, No. 1
Sonny Tufts
as Yank Flanagan
Trevor Howard
as Lt. Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser
Bernard Lee
as A.S. 'Stripey' Wood
Dora Bryan
as Glad Flanagan
Hugh Williams
as Captain David G. Wilson
Robin Bailey
as Lt. Michael Grant, Pilot
Meredith Edwards
as Jones
John Forrest
as Appleby the Captain's Steward
Patric Doonan
as Petty Officer Martin
Sidney James
as Ned Hardy, Landlord Golden Bull
H
Harold Siddons
as Adm. Bartlett
William Russell
as Crewman
Joan Rice
as June Mallory, WRNS cypher officer
P
Peter Bathurst
as Commander C.E. Spencer
Charles Lloyd Pack
as Captain R. G. Bates (Board of Inquiry)
C
Chris Adcock
as Crewman (uncredited)
Tim Turner
as Crewman (uncredited)
G
George Spence
as Man in Pub (uncredited)

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