A Night to Remember (1958)
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.
Director:
Roy Ward Baker
Writer:
Eric Ambler
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Kenneth More as Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller |
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Ronald Allen as Mr. Clarke |
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Robert Ayres as Maj. Arthur Peuchen |
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Honor Blackman as Mrs. Liz Lucas |
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Anthony Bushell as Capt. Arthur Rostron |
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John Cairney as Mr. Murphy |
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Jill Dixon as Mrs. Clarke |
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Jane Downs as Mrs. Sylvia Lightoller |
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James Dyrenforth as Col. Archibald Gracie |
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Michael Goodliffe as Thomas Andrews |
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Kenneth Griffith as Wireless Operator John 'Jack' Phillips |
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Harriette Johns as Lady Richard |
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Frank Lawton as Chairman J. Bruce Ismay |
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Richard Leech as First Officer William Murdoch |
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David McCallum as Assistant Wireless Operator Harold Bride |
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Alec McCowen as Wireless Operator Harold Thomas Cottam |
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Tucker McGuire as Mrs. Margaret 'Molly' Brown |
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John Merivale as Robbie Lucas |
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Ralph Michael as Mr. Yates |
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Laurence Naismith as Capt. Edward John Smith |
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Russell Napier as Capt. Stanley Lord |
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Redmond Phillips as Mr. Hoyle |
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George Rose as Chief Baker Charles Joughin |
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Joseph Tomelty as Dr. William O'Loughlin |
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Patrick Waddington as Sir Richard |
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Jack Watling as Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall |
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Geoffrey Bayldon as Wireless Operator Cyril Evans |
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Michael Bryant as Sixth Officer James Moody |
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Cyril Chamberlain as Quartermaster George Thomas Rowe |
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Richard Clarke as Gallagher |
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Bee Duffell as Mrs. Farrell |
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Harold Goldblatt as Benjamin Guggenheim |
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Gerald Harper as 3rd Officer - Carpathia |
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Richard Hayward as Victualling Officer |
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Thomas Heathcote as Steward |
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Danuta Karell as Polish Mother |
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Andrew Keir as 2nd Engineer Officer John Henry Hesketh |
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Christina Lubicz as Polish Girl |
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Barry MacGregor as Apprentice James Gibson |
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Edward Malin as Dining Saloon Steward |
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Patrick McAlinney as Mr. James Farrell |
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Helen Misener as Mrs. Ida Straus |
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Mary Monahan as Kate |
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Howard Pays as Fifth Officer Harold Lowe |
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Philip Ray as Reverend Anderson |
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Harold Siddons as Second Officer Herbert Stone |
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Julian Somers as Mr. Bull - Man on Train |
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Tim Turner as Third Officer Charles Groves |
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Meier Tzelniker as Mr. Isador Straus |
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Alexis Chesnakov as Passenger (uncredited) |
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Desmond Llewelyn as Seaman at Steerage Gate (uncredited) |
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Marianne Stone as Stewardess (uncredited) |
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Stuart Wagstaff as Titanic Steward (uncredited) |
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Robert Henderson as Mr. Harris (uncredited) |
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Norman Rossington as Steward James Kiernan |
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Peter Burton as 1st Class Steward (uncredited) |
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George A. Cooper as Carpathia Purser Hughes (uncredited) |
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Bess Flowers as Steerage Passenger (uncredited) |
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Harold Sanderson as Crewman (uncredited) |
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Bernard Fox as Lookout Frederick Fleet (uncredited) |
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Victor Wood as Steward (uncredited) |
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Bob Simmons as Stoker (uncredited) |
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Stratford Johns as Crewman on Upturned Lifeboat (uncredited) |
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Alastair Hunter as Steward at Steerage Gate (uncredited) |
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Guy Standeven as Passenger (uncredited) |
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Max Faulkner as Waiter (uncredited) |
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Richard Beale as Harbor Pilot (uncredited) |
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Pauline Chamberlain as Wife (uncredited) |
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Jack Hedley as Passenger on deck (uncredited) |
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Dudley Sutton as Lookout (uncredited) |
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Hal Osmond as Steward (uncredited) |
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Jack Mower as 1st Class Passenger (uncredited) |
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Miki Iveria as Lifeboat passenger (uncredited) |
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John Tatham as First Class Passenger (uncredited) |
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Beth Rogan as Passenger calling for Eileen (uncredited) |
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Arthur Gross as Quartermaster Robert Hitchens (uncredited) |
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Victor Harrington as Passenger (uncredited) |
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Doreen Keogh as Passenger who Jumps in the Sea (uncredited) |
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Michael Lees as Man with Souvenir Piece of Ice (uncredited) |
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Derren Nesbitt as Stoker Holding Oar on Upturned Lifeboat (uncredited) |
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John Moulder-Brown as Titanic Passenger (uncredited) |
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Jean Anderson as Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat (uncredited) |
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Jeremy Bulloch as Boy Jumping into Water (uncredited) |
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Paul Hardwick as Guggenheim's Valet (uncredited) |
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Jack May as Steerage Passenger (uncredited) |
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George Lane Cooper as Passenger (uncredited) |
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Mabel Etherington as 1st Class Passenger (uncredited) |
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Glyn Houston as Stoker (uncredited) |
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Fletcher Lightfoot as Passenger (uncredited) |
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Muriel Maddox as 1st Class Passenger (uncredited) |
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Robert Scroggins as Titanic Bellboy (uncredited) |
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Joan Benham as Lottie (uncredited) |
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Peter Brace as Stoker (uncredited) |
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Emile Stemmler as Steerage Passenger (uncredited) |
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Derek Prentice as 1st Class Passenger (uncredited) |
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Alf Mangan as Crewman (uncredited) |
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David Birks as Stoker / Crewman (uncredited) |
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Peter Sallis as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Jack Carter as Steward / Steerage Passenger / Another Passenger (uncredited) |
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Sean Connery as Deckhand (uncredited) |
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Rosamund Greenwood as Mrs Bull (uncredited) |
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Emerton Court as Chief Engineer Joseph Bell (uncredited) |
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Henry Campbell as W. T. Stead (uncredited) |
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Larry Taylor as bearded seaman (uncredited) |
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Alma Taylor as old woman who leaves her seat to a young mother on the lifeboat (uncredited) |
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Jack Stewart as Stoker Barrett (uncredited) |
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Howard Lang as Chief Officer Henry Wilde (uncredited) |
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Olwen Brookes as Miss Evans (uncredited) |
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Paula Wright as Passenger (uncredited) |
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Joyce Gregg as Passenger (uncredited) |
| Directing | Roy Ward Baker | Director |
| Writing | Eric Ambler | Screenplay |
| Writing | Walter Lord | Novel |
| Production | William MacQuitty | Producer |
| Production | Earl St. John | Executive Producer |
| Sound | William Alwyn | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Geoffrey Unsworth | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Sidney Hayers | Editor |
| Art | Alex Vetchinsky | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yvonne Caffin | Costume Design |
| Camera | David Harcourt | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Bill Warrington | Special Effects |
| Sound | Harry Miller | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | W.T. Partleton | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Mike Fox | Clapper Loader |
| Sound | Gordon K. McCallum | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Geoffrey Daniels | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Maurice Gibson | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Jack Hanbury | Production Manager |
| Directing | Robert Asher | Assistant Director |
| Art | Len Townsend | Set Dresser |
| Crew | Arthur Alcott | Production Controller |
| Sound | Muir Mathieson | Conductor |
| Directing | Penny Daniels | Continuity |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pauline Trent | Hairdresser |