Links and References

Lewis Gilbert

Produced by

John Brabourne

Screenplay by

Edmund H. North

Based on

Last Nine Days of the Bismarck
1958 novel 
by C. S. Forester

Starring

Kenneth More
Carl Möhner
Dana Wynter

Music by

Clifton Parker

Cinematography

Christopher Challis

Edited by

Peter R. Hunt

Distributed by

20th Century Fox

Release dates

11 February 1960

Michael Anderson

Screenplay by

R. C. Sherriff

Based on

The Dam Busters 
by Paul Brickhill
Enemy Coast Ahead 
by Guy Gibson

Starring

Richard Todd
Michael Redgrave
Ursula Jeans
Basil Sydney

Music by

Eric Coates
Leighton Lucas

Cinematography

Erwin Hillier

Edited by

Richard Best

Production
company

ABPC

Distributed by

Ass. British Pathé (UK)

Michael Powell
Emeric Pressburger

Produced by

Michael Powell
Emeric Pressburger

Written by

Michael Powell
Emeric Pressburger

Starring

John Gregson
Anthony Quayle
Peter Finch

Narrated by

David Farrar

Music by

Brian Easdale

Cinematography

Christopher Challis

Edited by

Reginald Mills

Distributed by

Rank Film Distributors Ltd.

Release dates

29 October 1956 (Royal Film Performance)

Lewis Gilbert

Produced by

Daniel M. Angel

Written by

Paul Brickhill (book)
Lewis Gilbert (screenplay)
Vernon Harris
(add'l scenes)

Starring

Kenneth More
Muriel Pavlow
Lyndon Brook
Lee Patterson
Alexander Knox

Music by

John Addison

Cinematography

Jack Asher

Edited by

John Shirley

Distributed by

Rank

Release dates

• 5 July 1956

(World Premiere, London)
30 April 1957 (US)

Charles Frend

Produced by

Leslie Norman

Written by

Eric Ambler

Based on

The Cruel Sea 
by Nicholas Monsarrat

Starring

Jack Hawkins
Donald Sinden
Denholm Elliott
Virginia McKenna
Stanley Baker

Music by

Alan Rawsthorne

Cinematography

Gordon Dines

Edited by

Peter Tanner

Production
company

Ealing Studios

Distributed by

GDF (UK)
Universal-International (US)

Release dates

• 24 March 1953 (UK)
• 19 August 1953 (US)

J. Lee Thompson

Produced by

W. A. Whittaker

Written by

Christopher Landon (novel & screenplay)
T. J. Morrison

Starring

John Mills
Sylvia Syms
Anthony Quayle
Harry Andrews

Music by

Leighton Lucas

Cinematography

Gilbert Taylor

Edited by

Richard Best

Production
company

Associated British Pictures

Distributed by

Associated British-Pathé (UK)

Release dates

24 June 1958 (UK)

Noël Coward
David Lean (action scenes)

Produced by

Noël Coward

Written by

Noël Coward

Starring

Noël Coward
John Mills
Bernard Miles
Celia Johnson

Music by

Noël Coward
Clifton Parker

Cinematography

Ronald Neame

Edited by

Thelma Connell
David Lean

Distributed by

British Lion Film (UK)
United Artists (US)

Release dates

• 17 September 1942 (UK)

Carol Reed

Produced by

John Sutro
Norman Walker

Written by

Eric Ambler
Peter Ustinov

Starring

David Niven
Stanley Holloway
William Hartnell

Music by

William Alwyn

Cinematography

Guy Green

Edited by

Fergus McDonell

Distributed by

GFD

Release dates

• 9 June 1944 (UK)
• 3 June 1945 (U.S.)

Charles Frend
Robert Hamer (uncredited)

Produced by

Michael Balcon

Screenplay by

Charles Frend
Robert Hamer
F. Tennyson Jesse

Starring

Arthur Young
Walter Fitzgerald
Ralph Michael

Music by

John D. H. Greenwood

Cinematography

Ernest Palmer

Edited by

Eily Boland

Production
company

Ealing Studios

Distributed by

Associated British Film Distributors

Release dates

• December 1943

David Lean

Produced by

Noël Coward

Written by

David Lean
Anthony Havelock-Allan
Ronald Neame
Based on the play by Noël Coward

Starring

Robert Newton
Celia Johnson
Stanley Holloway
John Mills

Narrated by

Laurence Olivier

Music by

Muir Mathieson
Clifton Parker

Cinematography

Ronald Neame

Edited by

Jack Harris

Distributed by

Eagle-Lion Distributors Limited (UK)

Release dates

1 June 1944

Ken Annakin

Produced by

Sydney Box

Written by

Peter Rogers

Starring

Jack Warner
Kathleen Harrison
Dennis Price

Distributed by

Gainsborough Pictures

Release dates

5 August 1947

Ken Annakin

Produced by

Betty E. Box

Starring

Jack Warner
Kathleen Harrison
Jane Hylton
Susan Shaw
Petula Clark

Music by

Antony Hopkins

Cinematography

Reginald H. Wyer

Edited by

Gordon Hales

Release dates

• 1948

Ken Annakin

Produced by

Betty E. Box

Written by

Allan MacKinnon

Starring

Jack Warner
Kathleen Harrison
Susan Shaw
Petula Clark

Music by

Antony Hopkins

Cinematography

Reginald H. Wyer

Edited by

Gordon Hales

Release dates

• 1949

Ken Annakin

Produced by

Betty E. Box

Starring

Jack Warner
Kathleen Harrison
Susan Shaw
Petula Clark

Music by

Antony Hopkins

Cinematography

Reginald H. Wyer

Edited by

Gordon Hales

Release dates

• 1949

Charles Crichton

Produced by

Michael Balcon

Written by

T.E.B. Clarke

Starring

Alastair Sim

Music by

Georges Auric

Cinematography

Douglas Slocombe

Edited by

Charles Hasse

Production
company

Ealing Studios

Distributed by

GFD (UK)
Fine Arts Films (US)

Release dates

• 25 February 1947 (UK[1])
• 8 January 1951 (US)

Henry Cornelius

Produced by

Michael Balcon

Written by

T. E. B. Clarke

Starring

Stanley Holloway
Margaret Rutherford
Barbara Murray

Production
company

Ealing Studios

Distributed by

General Film Distributors (UK)

Release dates

• 26 April 1949 (UK)

Alexander Mackendrick
Fred Sears

Produced by

Michael Balcon
Leslie Norman

Written by

Nigel Balchin
Jack Whittingham

Starring

Phyllis Calvert
Jack Hawkins
Mandy Miller

Music by

William Alwyn

Cinematography

Douglas Slocombe

Edited by

Seth Holt

Distributed by

Rank Organisation

Release dates

July, 1952