Gift Horse

Gift Horse (1952)


  • Genre: Adventure, War, Drama
  • Release Date: 1952-06-01
  • User Rating: 6.6/10 from 18 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 35min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Molton
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Compton Bennett
star 6.6/10
From 18 Ratings

Summary

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.

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  • 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
  • Harold Siddons

    as Adm. Bartlett
  • William Russell

    as Crewman
  • Joan Rice

    as June Mallory, WRNS cypher officer
  • Peter Bathurst

    as Commander C.E. Spencer
  • Charles Lloyd Pack

    as Captain R. G. Bates (Board of Inquiry)
  • Chris Adcock

    as Crewman (uncredited)
  • Tim Turner

    as Crewman (uncredited)
  • George Spence

    as Man in Pub (uncredited)
Directing Compton Bennett Director
Camera Harry Waxman Director of Photography
Crew Cliff Richardson Special Effects
Sound Clifton Parker Music
Writing William Fairchild Screenplay
Editing Alan Osbiston Editor
Sound Jack Slade Sound Editor
Camera James Bawden Camera Operator
Directing Ann Forsyth Script Supervisor
Writing Ben Roberts Story
Writing Hugh Hastings Screenplay
Writing Ivan Goff Story
Writing William Rose Adaptation
Art Edward Carrick Art Direction
Sound Red Law Sound Recordist
Sound Peter Handford Sound Recordist

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