The Cruel Sea (Charles Frend, 1953)
The Cruel Sea is a 1953 British film from Ealing Studios starring Jack Hawkins and (in his first film) Donald Sinden, with Denholm Elliott, Stanley Baker,Liam Redmond, Virginia McKenna and Moira Lister. It was directed by Charles Frend and produced by Leslie Norman (father of TV movie critic, Barry Norman).
It was based on the best selling novel The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat. It is a strikingly accurate portrayal of the war between the Royal Navy and Germany's U-boats from the viewpoint of the British naval officers and seamen who served in escort vessels during World War II, although the screenplay by Eric Ambler omitted some of Monsarrat's grimmest images. [courtesy Wikipedia]
