Genres
Duration
95 min
Director
Compton Bennett
Rating
6.6
Release Date
June 1, 1952
Gift Horse
Original title: Gift Horse
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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.
Gift Horse cast
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Richard Attenborough
Character:
Dripper Daniels
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James Donald
Character:
Lt. Richard Jennings, No. 1
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Sonny Tufts
Character:
Yank Flanagan
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Trevor Howard
Character:
Lt. Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser
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Bernard Lee
Character:
A.S. 'Stripey' Wood
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Dora Bryan
Character:
Glad Flanagan
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Hugh Williams
Character:
Captain David G. Wilson
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Robin Bailey
Character:
Lt. Michael Grant, Pilot
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Meredith Edwards
Character:
Jones
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John Forrest
Character:
Appleby the Captain's Steward
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Patric Doonan
Character:
Petty Officer Martin
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Sid James
Character:
Ned Hardy, Landlord Golden Bull
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Harold Siddons
Character:
Adm. Bartlett
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William Russell
Character:
Crewman
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Joan Rice
Character:
June Mallory, WRNS cypher officer
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Peter Bathurst
Character:
Commander C.E. Spencer
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Charles Lloyd Pack
Character:
Captain R. G. Bates (Board of Inquiry)
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Chris Adcock
Character:
Crewman (uncredited)
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Tim Turner
Character:
Crewman (uncredited)
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George Spence
Character:
Man in Pub (uncredited)
