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The Cruel Sea [DVD]

Jack Hawkins (Actor), Donald Sinden (Actor), Charles Frend (Director) Rated:
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Format: DVD
4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 794 ratings
IMDb7.4/10.0
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Genre Drama
Format DVD, Color, Full Screen, NTSC
Contributor Leslie Norman, Donald Sinden, Virginia McKenna, Denholm Elliott, Charles Frend, Jack Hawkins
Language English
Runtime 2 hours and 2 minutes

Product Description

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 convoys 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.

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Yes
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 2.88 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Charles Frend
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ DVD, Color, Full Screen, NTSC
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 2 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ March 8, 2012
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, Denholm Elliott, Virginia McKenna
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ Leslie Norman
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ LIONSGATE
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000H1RFQ4
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 794 ratings

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4 out of 5 stars
4 out of 5
794 global ratings

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Lunchtime Thoughts
5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding ww2 film
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2023
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This is an unjustly obscure movie about life aboard combat ships in the Royal Navy in the Second World War. Special effects very outdated now, but the acting and film-making are excellent.
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5.0 out of 5 stars nothing to report
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2023
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no problems. great movie.
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Sharon Preen
4.0 out of 5 stars For my husband.
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2023
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I got this for my husband, he watched it and liked it.
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Catherine Beckwith
1.0 out of 5 stars Won’t work inUS
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2023
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Won’t work in United States, this was not posted on website
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Robert Kutz
5.0 out of 5 stars A film that takes you there.............
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2006
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Over the years I have worn out several copies of this film on VHS I have watched it so many times.I am so happy it is coming out on DVD.[I almost bought the box set but at release it was $80.00 plus]

This film is so well written and acted and imagined that after watching it you almost feel that you have been through the war as part of a convoy escort....and yet this is not your typical war action film.

There is action yet it is muted behind the story of the Captain and the men he commands and the price they have to pay to win the war.

Don't buy this expecting a "Hollywood" sea adventure with cliche story lines and a typical ending.Get this film for the moving moments and drama that is war.

There are several scenes that really pull at your heart..the men in the water awaiting rescue..yet it is not to be..and the cost on all involved.

I would love to discuss scene by scene yet I would give away to much of the story...get this film and you will understand why it is a true classic.
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SCOTT DUMMITT
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb WWII Small Ship Navy movie
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2018
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"The Cruel Sea" is not one of those movies you watch to see a lot of hyped up action. What this movie does present is a reasonably accurate account of what the small ship war in the North Atlantic was actually like. It portrays the different personalities that you would come into contact with in the small ship Navy and the difficulties faced by the members of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve while adjusting to naval life at sea. As a former member of the Royal Canadian Navy the similarities of what our service went through at this time are very close and I believe that anyone who served or had family serving in the small ship Navy of WWII will find this movie extremely interesting. It has a first rate cast of actors and uses real ship footage, not computer generated.
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Robert Todrick
5.0 out of 5 stars great movie
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2012
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Okay, I'll admit, I'm biased.
My father served for 4 years aboard corvettes in the RCN (Royal Canadian Navy) from 1941-45.
It doesn't have the great special effects or graphic action scenes of more modern movies, but, somewhat in the vein of Das Boot it does a good job of showing the hardships that the men who served aboard these small ships went through.
The corvette navies of England and Canada were largely built up of volunteers with little or no naval experience (in the movie one of the officers was a used car salesman a month before boarding ship). If it hadn't been for these courageous young men in these cocky little ships the war may have had an entirely different ending.
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Dartagnan
4.0 out of 5 stars good value
Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2023
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A good film that shows the instant danger and disaster facing all sailors and ships from war in the Atlantic
during early WWII.
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Nicholas E Makale
5.0 out of 5 stars If you like world war naval stories this movie is worth watching.
Reviewed in Canada on April 14, 2024
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Loved the book: loved the movie. Be aware the movie is in black and white. Still a great story/film.
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Brummie
5.0 out of 5 stars 5 star film 1 star restoration
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 1, 2024
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Considering when this film was made it stands the test of time very well, no heroics just a solid well acted absorbing film
As for this being a digitally restored version there are a couple of scenes which look distinctly unrestored
In one scene there are a couple of strange vertical marks and the other scene the background looked distinctly blurry you don’t have to look for them they are very obvious
If these exist on the original then shouldn’t the restoration have cleaned these up ?
EDIT
I have now watched a un restored dvd and while some scenes are in need of restoration, these appear to be cut in original wartime footage, those strange vertical bars do not exist
So either the restoration introduced them or they are bad copies
Either way they mar a good film
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caton
5.0 out of 5 stars Les images en mer
Reviewed in France on July 6, 2019
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Le film du livre Attention : pas de traduction en français
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John Barnes
5.0 out of 5 stars plays well
Reviewed in Australia on November 19, 2022
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arrived on time home use
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Rolf Franke
5.0 out of 5 stars BIN SEHR ZUFRIEDEN
Reviewed in Germany on June 20, 2014
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Alles bestens gelaufen, habe erhalten was ich bestellt habe,
besonders angenehmen, dass man mich auch in Belgien an meinen 2. Wohnsitz, beliefert , was leider ( unverstaendlich fuer
mich ) viele Anbieter nicht wollen / koennen ??
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