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A British submarine crew is unexpectedly ordered to carry out a top-secret mission to sink the German fleet's latest battleship in the Baltic Sea. But it is not long before disaster strikes and the vessel becomes stranded in the middle of the ocean with no fuel or food. Second World War adventure, starring John Mills, Eric Portman, Reginald Purdell and Niall MacGinnis
1943
Adventure/War
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
John Mills
(Actor)
.. Lt Freddie Taylor
Eric Portman
(Actor)
.. James Hobson
Reginald Purdell
(Actor)
.. CPO Dicky Dabbs
Niall MacGinnis
(Actor)
.. PO Mike Corrigan
Joan Hopkins
(Actor)
.. Ethel Dabbs
Josephine Wilson
(Actor)
.. Alice Hobson
Louis Bradfield
(Actor)
.. Lt Brace
Ronald Millar
(Actor)
.. Lt Johnson
Anthony Asquith
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
John Mills
(Actor)
.. Lt Freddie Taylor
Born:
February 22, 1908
in
Norfolk
Best Known For:
A distinguished film and TV career.
Early-life:
Born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills at the Watts Naval School in North Elmham, Norfolk on February 22, 1908. His father was a teacher and his mother worked as a theatre box-office manager. John trained as a dancer in London at Zelia Raye's Dancing School and began appearing as a chorus boy in revues on the London stage.
Career:
Mills made his film debut in The Midshipmaid (1932) and went on to appear in a number of films, including Goodbye, Mr Chips (1939), before he enlisted in the Royal Engineers at the start of the Second World War. His war was cut short in 1942 by a stomach ulcer. He quickly returned to acting and went on to star in a number of acclaimed films in a career that spanned 70 years. Notable works included Great Expectations (1946), Scott of the Antarctic (1948), The Colditz Story (1954), Ice Cold in Alex (1958), Tunes of Glory (1960), Swiss Family Robinson (1960), Oh! What a Lovely War (1969), Ryan's Daughter (1970), Young Winston (1972), Gandhi (1982) and Hamlet (1996). Among his roles on TV, he starred in Quatermass, Young at Heart, A Woman of Substance and Martin Chuzzlewit. He also appeared in a number of productions on Broadway. He was knighted in 1976. He died on April 23, 2005, at the age of 97.
Quote:
"One of the luckiest things that ever happened to me was to be born with a desperate desire to become an actor."
Trivia:
Father of actors Juliet and Haley Mills. Won an Academy Award for Ryan's Daughter. He portrayed a military character, usually an officer, in a number of films.
Eric Portman
(Actor)
.. James Hobson
Reginald Purdell
(Actor)
.. CPO Dicky Dabbs
Niall MacGinnis
(Actor)
.. PO Mike Corrigan
Joan Hopkins
(Actor)
.. Ethel Dabbs
Josephine Wilson
(Actor)
.. Alice Hobson
Louis Bradfield
(Actor)
.. Lt Brace
Ronald Millar
(Actor)
.. Lt Johnson
Anthony Asquith
(Director)
