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Sink the Bismarck! (1960) was a Action - Drama Film directed by Lewis Gilbert .

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Sink the Bismarck!

By Beatrice on Mar 6, 2017 From Flickers in Time

Sink the Bismarck! Directed by Lewis Gilbert Written by Edmund H. North from a book by C.S. Forrester 1960/UK/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation First viewing/YouTube This WWII sea battle epic could have been so much more compelling than it was. This true story was changed by insertin... Read full article


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Quotes from Sink the Bismarck!

[to his assistant Anne Davis, after the battle]
Captain Jonathan Shepard: Take a message: "Request pleasure of the company of Second Officer Anne Davis at dinner."


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Facts about Sink the Bismarck!

To increase the sense of realism, or "documentary feel", for this film, Edward R. Murrow was cast as himself. Murrow was one of the most famous and respected broadcast journalists of the era. He had covered the war in Europe, including the North Atlantic, and used his famous catchphrase "This is London..." Murrow also shot introductory footage for the film's trailer.
Dana Wynter, the actress who plays Officer Anne Davis, was actually born in Berlin as Dagmar Winter.
Kenneth More was offered The Guns Of Navarone because of this film.
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