A Night to Remember( 1958)

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The night the unsinkable sank

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The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.

Top Billed Cast

Kenneth More
Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller
Ronald Allen
Mr. Clarke
Robert Ayres
Maj. Arthur Peuchen
Honor Blackman
Mrs. Liz Lucas
Anthony Bushell
Capt. Arthur Rostron
John Cairney
Mr. Murphy
Jill Dixon
Mrs. Clarke
Jane Downs
Mrs. Sylvia Lightoller
James Dyrenforth
Col. Archibald Gracie
Michael Goodliffe
Thomas Andrews
Kenneth Griffith
Wireless Operator John 'Jack' Phillips
Harriette Johns
Lady Richard
Frank Lawton
Chairman J. Bruce Ismay
Richard Leech
First Officer William Murdoch
David McCallum
Assistant Wireless Operator Harold Bride
Alec McCowen
Wireless Operator Harold Thomas Cottam
Tucker McGuire
Mrs. Margaret 'Molly' Brown
John Merivale
Robbie Lucas
Ralph Michael
Mr. Yates
Laurence Naismith
Capt. Edward John Smith
Russell Napier
Capt. Stanley Lord
Redmond Phillips
Mr. Hoyle
George Rose
Chief Baker Charles Joughin
Joseph Tomelty
Dr. William O'Loughlin
Patrick Waddington
Sir Richard
Jack Watling
Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall
Geoffrey Bayldon
Wireless Operator Cyril Evans
Michael Bryant
Sixth Officer James Moody
Cyril Chamberlain
Quartermaster George Thomas Rowe
Richard Clarke
Gallagher
Bee Duffell
Mrs. Farrell
Harold Goldblatt
Benjamin Guggenheim
Gerald Harper
3rd Officer - Carpathia
Richard Hayward
Victualling Officer
Thomas Heathcote
Steward
Danuta Karell
Polish Mother
Andrew Keir
2nd Engineer Officer John Henry Hesketh
Christina Lubicz
Polish Girl
Barry MacGregor
Apprentice James Gibson
Edward Malin
Dining Saloon Steward
Patrick McAlinney
Mr. James Farrell
Helen Misener
Mrs. Ida Straus
Mary Monahan
Kate
Howard Pays
Fifth Officer Harold Lowe
Philip Ray
Reverend Anderson
Harold Siddons
Second Officer Herbert Stone
Julian Somers
Mr. Bull - Man on Train
Tim Turner
Third Officer Charles Groves
Meier Tzelniker
Mr. Isador Straus
Alexis Chesnakov
Passenger (uncredited)
Desmond Llewelyn
Seaman at Steerage Gate (uncredited)
Marianne Stone
Stewardess (uncredited)
Stuart Wagstaff
Titanic Steward (Uncredited)
Robert Henderson
Mr. Harris (uncredited)
Norman Rossington
Steward James Kiernan
Peter Burton
1st Class Steward (uncredited)
George A. Cooper
Carpathia Purser Hughes (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Steerage Passenger (uncredited)
Harold Sanderson
Crewman (uncredited)
Bernard Fox
Lookout Frederick Fleet (uncredited)
Victor Wood
Steward (uncredited)
Bob Simmons
Stoker (uncredited)
Stratford Johns
Crewman on Upturned Lifeboat (uncredited)
Alastair Hunter
Steward at Steerage Gate (uncredited)
Guy Standeven
Passenger (uncredited)
Max Faulkner
Waiter (uncredited)
Richard Beale
Harbor Pilot (uncredited)
Pauline Chamberlain
Wife (uncredited)
Jack Hedley
Passenger on deck (uncredited)
Dudley Sutton
Lookout (uncredited)
Hal Osmond
Steward (uncredited)
Jack Mower
1st Class Passenger (uncredited)
Miki Iveria
Lifeboat passenger (uncredited)
John Tatham
First Class Passenger (uncredited)
Beth Rogan
Passenger calling for Eileen (uncredited)
Arthur Gross
Quartermaster Robert Hitchens (uncredited)
Victor Harrington
Passenger (uncredited)
Doreen Keogh
Passenger who Jumps in the Sea (uncredited)
Michael Lees
Man with Souvenir Piece of Ice (uncredited)
Derren Nesbitt
Stoker Holding Oar on Upturned Lifeboat (uncredited)
John Moulder-Brown
Titanic Passenger (uncredited)
Jean Anderson
Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat (uncredited)
Jeremy Bulloch
Boy Jumping into Water (uncredited)
Paul Hardwick
Guggenheim's Valet (uncredited)
Jack May
Steerage Passenger (uncredited)
George Lane Cooper
Passenger (uncredited)
Mabel Etherington
1st Class Passenger (uncredited)
Glyn Houston
Stoker (uncredited)
Fletcher Lightfoot
Passenger (uncredited)
Muriel Maddox
1st Class Passenger (uncredited)
Robert Scroggins
Titanic Bellboy (uncredited)
Joan Benham
Lottie (uncredited)
Peter Brace
Stoker (uncredited)
Emile Stemmler
Steerage Passenger (uncredited)
Derek Prentice
1st Class Passenger (uncredited)
Alf Mangan
Crewman (uncredited)
David Birks
Stoker / Crewman (uncredited)
Peter Sallis
Minor Role (uncredited)
Jack Carter
Steward / Steerage Passenger / Another Passenger (uncredited)
Sean Connery
Deckhand (uncredited)
Rosamund Greenwood
Mrs Bull (uncredited)
Emerton Court
Chief Engineer Joseph Bell (uncredited)
Henry Campbell
W. T. Stead (uncredited)
Larry Taylor
bearded seaman (uncredited)
Alma Taylor
old woman who leaves her seat to a young mother on the lifeboat (uncredited)
Jack Stewart
Stoker Barrett (uncredited)
Olwen Brookes
Miss Evans (uncredited)

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Sun May 24 2020

I am acting on his advice. This ship is going to founder. Directed by Roy Ward Baker, A Night To Remember is adapted by Eric Ambler from the book written by Walter Lord. Though only met with a lukewarm response at the box office on release, the film has since received critical acclaim and is highly regarded by Titanic historians for its accuracy. The story of the ill fated voyage of the RMS Titanic is here given a first rate telling by Baker and his crew. Kenneth Moore heads up the multiple cast list (there's over 200 speaking parts), but crucially they let the story be the star. This is ...