
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.

as Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller

as Mr. Clarke

as Maj. Arthur Peuchen

as Mrs. Liz Lucas

as Capt. Arthur Rostron

as Mr. Murphy

as Mrs. Clarke

as Mrs. Sylvia Lightoller

as Col. Archibald Gracie

as Thomas Andrews

as Wireless Operator John 'Jack' Phillips

as Lady Richard

as Chairman J. Bruce Ismay

as First Officer William Murdoch

as Assistant Wireless Operator Harold Bride

as Wireless Operator Harold Thomas Cottam

as Mrs. Margaret 'Molly' Brown

as Robbie Lucas

as Mr. Yates

as Capt. Edward John Smith

as Capt. Stanley Lord

as Mr. Hoyle

as Chief Baker Charles Joughin

as Dr. William O'Loughlin

as Sir Richard

as Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall

as Wireless Operator Cyril Evans

as Sixth Officer James Moody

as Quartermaster George Thomas Rowe

as Gallagher

as Mrs. Farrell

as Benjamin Guggenheim

as 3rd Officer - Carpathia

as Victualling Officer

as Steward

as Polish Mother

as 2nd Engineer Officer John Henry Hesketh

as Polish Girl

as Apprentice James Gibson

as Dining Saloon Steward

as Mr. James Farrell

as Mrs. Ida Straus

as Kate

as Fifth Officer Harold Lowe

as Reverend Anderson

as Second Officer Herbert Stone

as Mr. Bull - Man on Train

as Third Officer Charles Groves

as Mr. Isador Straus

as Passenger (uncredited)

as Seaman at Steerage Gate (uncredited)

as Stewardess (uncredited)

as Titanic Steward (uncredited)

as Mr. Harris (uncredited)

as Steward James Kiernan

as 1st Class Steward (uncredited)

as Carpathia Purser Hughes (uncredited)

as Steerage Passenger (uncredited)

as Crewman (uncredited)

as Lookout Frederick Fleet (uncredited)

as Steward (uncredited)

as Stoker (uncredited)

as Crewman on Upturned Lifeboat (uncredited)

as Steward at Steerage Gate (uncredited)

as Passenger (uncredited)

as Waiter (uncredited)

as Harbor Pilot (uncredited)

as Wife (uncredited)

as Passenger on deck (uncredited)

as Lookout (uncredited)

as Steward (uncredited)

as 1st Class Passenger (uncredited)

as Lifeboat passenger (uncredited)

as First Class Passenger (uncredited)

as Passenger calling for Eileen (uncredited)

as Quartermaster Robert Hitchens (uncredited)

as Passenger (uncredited)

as Passenger who Jumps in the Sea (uncredited)

as Man with Souvenir Piece of Ice (uncredited)

as Stoker Holding Oar on Upturned Lifeboat (uncredited)

as Titanic Passenger (uncredited)

as Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat (uncredited)

as Boy Jumping into Water (uncredited)

as Guggenheim's Valet (uncredited)

as Steerage Passenger (uncredited)

as Passenger (uncredited)

as 1st Class Passenger (uncredited)

as Stoker (uncredited)

as Passenger (uncredited)

as 1st Class Passenger (uncredited)

as Titanic Bellboy (uncredited)

as Lottie (uncredited)

as Stoker (uncredited)

as Steerage Passenger (uncredited)

as 1st Class Passenger (uncredited)

as Crewman (uncredited)

as Stoker / Crewman (uncredited)

as Minor Role (uncredited)

as Steward / Steerage Passenger / Another Passenger (uncredited)

as Deckhand (uncredited)

as Mrs Bull (uncredited)

as Chief Engineer Joseph Bell (uncredited)

as W. T. Stead (uncredited)

as bearded seaman (uncredited)

as old woman who leaves her seat to a young mother on the lifeboat (uncredited)

as Stoker Barrett (uncredited)

as Miss Evans (uncredited)

as Chief Officer Henry Wilde (uncredited)

as Passenger (uncredited)