Mar 7th  
Sink the Bismarck!**        

(GB 1960)                                         

The Admiralty desperately hunts down the German battleship Bismarck before it breaks through into the North Atlantic.
Talky but mostly compelling war-room set drama with a conscientious looking star; less effective when taken outside at sea where some of the widescreen photography clashes with the grainy original battle footage. Its style presages the soon-to-come James Bond films, with lots of good British characters doing their bit.

Written by: Edmund H. North, from the book by C.S. Forrester.
Producer: John Brabourne.
Director: Lewis Gilbert.
Starring: Kenneth More, Dana Wynter, Karel Stepanek, Carl Mohner, Geoffrey Keen, Laurence Naismith, Jack Watling, Michael Hordern, Michael Goodliffe, Maurice Denham, John Stride, Edward R. Murrow.
Photography: Christopher Challis.
Music: Clifton Parker.