Gift Horse
Adventure
War
Drama
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.
1952-06-01
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Cast
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
William Russell as Crewman
Joan Rice as June Mallory, WRNS cypher officer
Charles Lloyd Pack as Captain R. G. Bates (Board of Inquiry)
Tim Turner as Crewman (uncredited)