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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.
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Molton
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Cast
Full credits →R
Richard Attenborough
Dripper Daniels
J
James Donald
Lt. Richard Jennings, No. 1
S
Sonny Tufts
Yank Flanagan
T
Trevor Howard
Lt. Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser
B
Bernard Lee
A.S. 'Stripey' Wood
D
Dora Bryan
Glad Flanagan
H
Hugh Williams
Captain David G. Wilson
R
Robin Bailey
Lt. Michael Grant, Pilot
M
Meredith Edwards
Jones
J
John Forrest
Appleby the Captain's Steward
P
Patric Doonan
Petty Officer Martin
S
Sidney James
Ned Hardy, Landlord Golden Bull
H
Harold Siddons
Adm. Bartlett
W
William Russell
Crewman
J
Joan Rice
June Mallory, WRNS cypher officer
P
Peter Bathurst
Commander C.E. Spencer
C
Charles Lloyd Pack
Captain R. G. Bates (Board of Inquiry)
C
Chris Adcock
Crewman (uncredited)
T
Tim Turner
Crewman (uncredited)
G
George Spence
Man in Pub (uncredited)
