You'll Never Forget...
The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship’s first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains his men not only to be loyal to him and the country, but—most importantly—to themselves.
- 6.8
- 1942
- Released
- 1h 55m
John Mills
Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake
Bernard Miles
Chief Petty Officer Hardy / Walter Hardy
Celia Johnson
Mrs. Kinross / Alix
Kay Walsh
Freda Lewis / Freda
Joyce Carey
Mrs. Hardy / Kath
Derek Elphinstone
No. 1
Michael Wilding
FlagsRobert Sansom
Guns
Philip Friend
TorpsChimmo Branson
Midshipman
Ballard Berkeley
Engineer Commander
Hubert Gregg
Pilot
James Donald
DocKenneth Carten
Sub-Lieutenant R.N.V.R.John Varley
SeccoCaven Watson
BrodieGeoffrey Hibbert
Joey Mackeridge
Richard Attenborough
Young Stoker
Frederick Piper
EdgecombeLionel Grose
Reynolds
Leslie Dwyer
ParkinsonCharles Russell
Fisher
John Singer
MoranRobert Moreton
CoombeJohn Boxer
HollettKenneth Evans
Posty
Johnnie Schofield
CoxswainFranklyn Bennett
Commander SpencerCharles Compton
№ 1. "Tremoyne"
Walter Fitzgerald
Colonel LumsdenGerald Case
Jasper
Daniel Massey
Bobby Kinross
Ann Stephens
Lavinia Kinross
Kathleen Harrison
Mrs. Blake
Dora Gregory
Mrs. Lemmon
Penelope Dudley-Ward
MaureenBarbara Waring
Mrs. MacadooEileen Peel
Mrs. FarrellLesley Osmond
Nell FosdickJosie Welford
Emily
Kay Young
BarmaidTrixie Scales
Mona Duke
George Carney
Mr. BlakeWally Patch
Uncle FredJill Stephens
May Blake
Everley Gregg
NurseRoddy Hughes
PhotographerNorman Pierce
Mr. Satterthwaite
Juliet Mills
Freda's Baby
Leslie Howard
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)Released
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$250,000.00
$4,450,000.00
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- #black and white
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- #battleship
- #lifeboat
- #destroyer
- #sea battle
- #naval warfare
- #dunkirk
- #naval battle
- #britannia
Reviews
A film that continues to divide opinion even now as it recounts the exploits of HMS "Torrin" a Royal Navy destroyer during WWII. I have to say that I found this to be just a little too much of a propaganda instrument than I was comfortable with - but it was made during the war, and it is very easy to be sitting now judging the activities of those who were actually risking their lives on an hourly