The Cruel Sea
by Charles Frend
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Actor: Denholm Elliot, Donald Sinden, Jack Hawkins, Virginia McKennaDirector: Charles Frend
Brand: STARZ HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Producer: Leslie Norman
Writer: Eric Ambler
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 122 minutes
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: LIONSGATE
Movie Reviews of The Cruel Sea
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
Eight years after the end of World War II, Ealing Studios brought Nicholas Monsarrat's best-selling novel The Cruel Sea to the screen, launching the careers of Donald Sinden (Lieutenant Lockhart), Denholm Elliott (Lieutenant Morell) and Virginia McKenna (Wren Hallam), and establishing Jack Hawkins (Captain Ericson) as a star. Comdr. Erickson is made captain of the Corvette Compass Rose, a small escort vessel used to guide and protect conveys travelling through the Atlantic. Ericson had his confidence severely shaken during his last command, in which he lost his ship and most of its men following an attack by a German U-boat. As he leads a new and largely inexperienced crew, Ericson is once again thrown into a life-and-death dilemma that forces him to choose between destroying an enemy ship and sparing the lives of his own men.This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
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