Gift Horse (1952) |
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| Director(s) | Compton Bennett |
| Producer(s) | George Pitcher |
| Top Genres | Adventure, Drama, War |
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Trevor Howard(as Lt. Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser)
Gift Horse
Released
1952
Gift Horse
Released
1952
Trevor Howard
(as Lt. Cmdr Hugh Alginon ...)
Richard Attenborough(as Dripper Daniels)
Gift Horse
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1952
Gift Horse
Released
1952
Richard Attenborough
(as Dripper Daniels)
James Donald(as Lt. Richard Jennings, No. 1)
Gift Horse
Released
1952
Gift Horse
Released
1952
James Donald
(as Lt. Richard Jennings, ...)
Sonny Tufts(as Yank Flanagan)
Gift Horse
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1952
Gift Horse
Released
1952
Sonny Tufts
(as Yank Flanagan)
Bernard Lee(as A.S. 'Stripey' Wood)
Gift Horse
Released
1952
Gift Horse
Released
1952
Bernard Lee
(as A.S. 'Stripey' Wood)
Dora Bryan(as Glad Flanagan)
Gift Horse
Released
1952
Gift Horse
Released
1952
Dora Bryan
(as Glad Flanagan)
Hugh Williams(as Captain David G. Wilson, Division Commander)
Gift Horse
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1952
Gift Horse
Released
1952
Hugh Williams
(as Captain David G. Wilso...)
Meredith Edwards(as Jones)
Gift Horse
Released
1952
Gift Horse
Released
1952
Meredith Edwards
(as Jones)
Gift Horse Overview:
Gift Horse (1952) was a Adventure - Drama Film directed by Compton Bennett and produced by George Pitcher .
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The film is loosely based on the actual raid undertaken in 1942 by HMS Campbeltown, in which the ship, loaded with explosives, rammed and subsequently destroyed the dock gates at the French port of St Nazaire. This was the only dry dock outside of Germany able to accept and repair the German battleships Tipitz and Bismark.
This film's dedication states: "In 1940 when Britain was fighting ashore for her life, the United States transferred fifty of her destroyers to the Royal Navy. This picture is respectfully dedicated to their exploits and is very broadly based on the adventures of one of these destroyers."
The military mission in the film is based on the real World War II raid on St. Nazaire by HMS Campbeltown in a campaign known as Operation Chariot.
The so-called "Gift Horse" of the film's title refers to the nickname of the aged decrepit four-stacker ex-U.S. Navy destroyer seen in the film, the HMS Ballantrae.
Commander Fraser refers to his service medals as 'Squeak' and 'Wilfred'. These were nicknames for the the British War Medal and the British Victory Medal of the Great War. (Note: The 1914 Star and the 1914-15 Star star were nicknamed 'Pip'. The three names come from the names of characters in a Daily Mirror cartoon strip.)