Lewis Gilbert	...	(Director)
Edmund H. North	...	(Writer)
Kenneth More	...	Captain Shepard
Dana Wynter	...	Anne Davis
Carl Möhner	...	Captain Lindemann
Laurence Naismith	...	First Sea Lord
Geoffrey Keen	...	A.C.N.S.
Karel Stepanek	...	Admiral Lutjens
Michael Hordern	...	Commander-in-Chief - 'King George V'
Maurice Denham	...	Commander Richards
Michael Goodliffe	...	Captain Banister
Esmond Knight	...	Captain - 'Prince of Wales'
Jack Watling	...	Signals Officer
Jack Gwillim	...	Captain - 'King George V' (as Jack Gwillam)
Mark Dignam	...	Captain - 'Ark Royal'
Ernest Clark	...	Captain - 'Suffolk'
Edward R. Murrow	...	Himself
John Horsley	...	Captain - 'Sheffield'
Christopher Challis	...	Cinematographer
Peter R. Hunt	...	Editor
Peter Burton	...	Captain - First Destroyer
Sydney Tafler	...	First Workman Henry
John Stuart	...	Captain - 'Hood'
Walter Hudd	...	Admiral - 'Hood'
Sean Barrett	...	Able Seaman Brown
Robert Rietty	...	Captain Lindemann

Summary: Chronicles the breakout of the Bismark during the early days of World War Two. Seen both from the point of view of the many naval vessels on both sides and from the central headquarters of the British where the search for the super battleship was controlled.