Episode 114 - The Cruel Sea (1953)
Apr 13, 2022
Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. The Cruel Sea (1953)
Despite his guilt over a
recent harrowing sea battle in which many of his men were lost, Lt.
Cmdr. George Ericson (Jack Hawkins) is assigned to helm the new
H.M.S. Compass Rose with the help of steadfast seaman Lt. Lockhart
(Donald Sinden). When the small vessel is sent to escort convoys of
ships fighting German U-boats in the North
Atlantic, the mettle of the novice crew is tested by the weather,
the turbulent sea and enemy attacks -- one of which nearly destroys
the Compass Rose.
This is a story of the Battle of the Atlantic, the story of the ocean, two ships, and a handful of men. The men are the heroes; the heroines the ships. The only villain is the sea, the cruel sea that man has made more cruel.
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