The Cruel Sea
by Charles Frend
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Actor: Denholm Elliott, Donald Sinden, Jack Hawkins, John Stratton, John WarnerDirector: Charles Frend
Brand: STARZ HOME ENTERTAINMENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 127 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-10-17
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
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Movie Review: The Ironic Sea
Summary: 5 Stars
Lest we forget, the Cruel Sea is/was a British Sea. The Cruel sea was their field of food (fish), their lifeline and protector even as it turned on both the British Lion and its foes. ..... It could (and did) pose titantic moral choices including the necessity to running over fellow englishmen to depth charge the enemy sub which otherwise would live to fight another day, and to allow inhumane "officers" to mistreat their lessors. ..... Even as it protected the home ports from invasion, it kept its sailors from being at home when aircraft butchered their families, or philanderers trysted with wife orsweetheart. It provides a career opportunity for those otherwise stuck in England's caste system. For all its good points it is heartless in passing along good and evil to friend and foe alike. This is particularly seen when its good protects the island while being a battlefield for cruel battles where losers may sink in 7 minutes with a loss of most hands on board. ..... Monserrat and fellow novelist Eric Ambler (screen play) give us this triumphant, but searing, lookglimpse of Victory at Sea.
Summary of The Cruel Sea
In this acclaimed adaptation of Nicholas Monserrat's epic international bestseller, Jack Hawkins stars as the all-too-human commander of a small convoy escort vessel during the brutal Battle Of The North Atlantic. Amidst an ocean that churns with equal parts heroism and horror, the captain and inexperienced crew of the HMS Compass Rose must wage a constant battle for survival against sudden torpedo attacks by Nazi U-boats as well as the unforgiving cruelty of the sea itself. Denholm Elliott, Stanley Baker, Donald Sinden and Virginia McKenna co-star in this classic drama that was nominated for three British Academy Awards - including Best British Actor for Hawkins and Best Film - that still stands as one of most gripping motion pictures ever made about courage, carnage and the grim realities of men in combatArt House & International DVD Video
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