Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Violence
- Mild
The story
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.
- ship
- atlantic ocean
- iceberg
- titanic
- based on true story
- survival
- tragedy
- disaster
- black and white
- period drama
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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
- Directed
- Roy Ward Baker
- Written
- Eric Ambler
Production
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 296 ratings
- Studio
- The Rank Organisation
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