Movie · 1952
Gift Horse
Released 1 June 1952 95 min Adventure / War / Drama More from 1952 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Charles Lloyd Pack
as Captain R. G. Bates (Board of Inquiry)
Hugh Williams
as Captain David G. Wilson
Bernard Lee
as A.S. 'Stripey' Wood
Sonny Tufts
as Yank Flanagan
Sidney James
as Ned Hardy, Landlord Golden Bull
Trevor Howard
as Lt. Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser
James Donald
as Lt. Richard Jennings, No. 1
Meredith Edwards
as Jones
Robin Bailey
as Lt. Michael Grant, Pilot
Dora Bryan
as Glad Flanagan
Harold Siddons
as Adm. Bartlett
Richard Attenborough
as Dripper Daniels
Patric Doonan
as Petty Officer Martin
William Russell
as Crewman
Joan Rice
as June Mallory, WRNS cypher officer
John Forrest
as Appleby the Captain's Steward
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The numbers
28years between the oldest and youngest billed
49Charles Lloyd Pack — oldest on the call sheet
21John Forrest — youngest billed
34average age of the credited cast