Gift Horse

6.619521h 35mReleased

Adventure

War

Drama

Overview

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.

StatusReleased

Release Date1952-06-01

Runtime1h 35m

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited Kingdom

Keywords

commando

Videos

1 total

Trailer

Gift Horse (1952) Original Trailer [FHD]

Cast & Crew

Richard Attenborough

as Dripper Daniels

James Donald

as Lt. Richard Jennings, No. 1

Sonny Tufts

as Yank Flanagan

Trevor Howard

as Lt. Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser

Bernard Lee

as A.S. 'Stripey' Wood

Dora Bryan

as Glad Flanagan

Hugh Williams

as Captain David G. Wilson

Robin Bailey

as Lt. Michael Grant, Pilot

Meredith Edwards

as Jones

John Forrest

as Appleby the Captain's Steward

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Sep 9, 2022

7/10

Trevor Howard makes for an eminently plausible "Lt. Cdr. Fraser" in command of a dilapidated ex-USN destroyer - renamed HMS Ballantrae - whose stiff upper lip, by the book, approach to his men causes considerable resentment. Gradually, though - and not before the ship has a few mishaps - he begins to turn them around before their ultimate mission t…

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