Torrential

A Night to Remember

The night the unsinkable sank

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.

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))