Gift Horse (film)

Gift Horse (film)

Infobox Film
name = Gift Horse (1952 film)
also known as = Glory at Sea (USA)


caption = DVD cover
director = Compton Bennett
producer = George Pitcher
writer = Trevor Howard
Richard Attenborough
James Donald
Sonny Tufts
Bernard Lee
Dora Bryan
Hugh Williams
Robin Bailey
Meredith Edwards
John Forrest
Patric Doonan
Sid James
Tony Quinn
James Kenney
George Street
Hugh Hastings
Harold Ayer
Charles Lloyd Pack
Peter Bathurst
William Russell
Anthony Oliver
Joan Rice
James Carney
Harold Siddons
music = Clifton Parker
cinematography = Harry Waxman
distributors = DD Home Entertainment
Independent Film Distributors (IFD) (1952) (UK)
(theatrical) (distribution controlled by)
Souvaine Selective Pictures Inc.
(1953) (USA) (theatrical)
National Telefilm Associates (NTA) (1956) (USA) (TV)
released = 10 March 1953 (USA)
runtime = 100 min. (original UK version)
country = UK
language = English
German
budget = Unknown
ASIN = B000KDSJ64
imdb_id = Unknown

"Gift Horse" (AKA "The Gift Horse" or "Glory At Sea") is a 1952 British film starring Trevor Howard and Richard Attenborough.

ynopsis

A disgraced former Captain re-enlists into the Royal Navy during World War II and forms the crew and his run-down ship into an efficient fighting force before being sent on a suicide mission.

Historical basis

The latter part of the film is clearly based on HMS "Campbeltown" and the St. Nazaire Raid.


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