Gift Horse

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.

Adventure War Drama

Richard Attenborough

(Dripper Daniels)

James Donald

(Lt. Richard Jennings, No. 1)

Sonny Tufts

(Yank Flanagan)

Trevor Howard

(Lt. Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser)

Bernard Lee

(A.S. 'Stripey' Wood)

Dora Bryan

(Glad Flanagan)

Hugh Williams

(Captain David G. Wilson)

Robin Bailey

(Lt. Michael Grant, Pilot)

Meredith Edwards

(Jones)

John Forrest

(Appleby the Captain's Steward)

Patric Doonan

(Petty Officer Martin)

Sid James

(Ned Hardy, Landlord Golden Bull)

Harold Siddons

(Adm. Bartlett)

William Russell

(Crewman)

Joan Rice

(June Mallory, WRNS cypher officer)

Peter Bathurst

(Commander C.E. Spencer)